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Mexico's first largest monumental flag was the one located at the Mirador del Obispado in Monterrey (northeast) with a pole of 120 tonnes (130 short tons) and 100.6 meters (330 ft) in height. The flag measures 50 by 28.6 meters (164 by 94 ft) and weighs 230 kilograms (510 lb), four times the size of most other monumental flags at the time.
Flag used by the Spanish Empire in its territories from 1785 to 1821: 1521–1821: Cross of Burgundy flag used in New Spain from 1521 to 1821: 1810: Banner used by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1810: 1811–1812: Flag used from 1811 to 1812 by Regimiento de la muerte (Death Regiment) after Hidalgo's death in the Independence War: 1812
Five unequal horizontal bands; the top-most band of blue - equal to one half the width of the flag - is followed by three bands of white, red, and white, each equal to 1/12 of the width, and a bottom stripe of blue equal to one quarter of the flag width; a circle of 10 yellow, five-pointed stars is centered on the red stripe and positioned 3/8 ...
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The Flag of Mexico adopted in 1968. By the 20th century, President Venustiano Carranza restored the eagle in profile standing on a nopal cactus and holding a rattlesnake in its beak: the image appears bordered by a semicircle of laurel and oak leaves. The flag was first hoisted on 15 September 1915 to symbolise the end of Spanish rule. [9]
The current flag is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red with the national coat of arms charged in the center of the white stripe. While the meaning of the colors has changed over time, these three colors were adopted by Mexico following independence from Spain during the country's War of Independence. Flag of the Three Guarantees. [2]
National flag of Mexico (4 P) Pages in category "Flags of Mexico" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes
State flags of Mexico have a 4:7 ratio and typically consist of a white background charged with the state's coat of arms. [ 1 ] At least fourteen states have official flags: Baja California Sur , Coahuila , Colima , Durango , Guanajuato , Guerrero , Jalisco , Oaxaca , Querétaro , Quintana Roo , Tabasco , Tamaulipas , Tlaxcala , and Yucatán .