State flags of Mexico

State flags of Mexico

Mexican State Flags are not official, but broadly used in every state government in Mexico.

Aguascalientes flags

All Mexican states have a coat-of-arms; these are like flags which distinguish each of them. Also these coats of arms of Mexico's constituent states and the federal district are placed on a white background proportioned 4:7 as state flags; another report refers that these very same state coats of arms are used in the central panel of a Mexican Tricolor, mainly for tourist purposes.The flag of Aguascalientes has its coat of arms in a white background which is a fountain, a cauldron and coals which represent one of the main features of its territory, hot springs. The image of Our Lady of the Assumption, accompanied by two cherubs, represents the foundation of the city. The gold chain, which is incomplete and surrounded by lips, depicts freedom and the emergence of the independent state. The grapes and dam signify agriculture supported by state irrigation systems. The bee imprisoned within a wheel represents the ordered, constant and progressive labor of the inhabitants of Aguascalientes. Around 1565, when the Spaniards first settled here, their attention was drawn by the presence of hot springs. For this reason, they called the settlement Villa de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de las Aguas Calientes (Our Lady of the Assumption of the Hot Springs), a name that was eventually shortened to Aguascalientes (which means hot waters).

Baja California Flags

Jalisco


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