Queretaro, Mexico

State of Queretaro [Estado de Querétaro]

Last modified: 2014-10-18 by juan manuel gabino villascán
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Official flag of Queretaro Images by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 17 October 2014			State coat of arms

Coat of arms adopted: 29 October 1655 (granted to the city of Santiago de Querétaro). Confirmed as state coat of arms on 1 October 2014.
Flag adopted: Passed by local congress on 1 October 2014. The governor's veto is pending.

• Presentation of Queretaro
• The flag
• Coat of arms

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Presentation of Queretaro

• Official name: State of Queretaro [Estado de Querétaro]. Until 2010 "Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro de Arteaga"
• Short-form names: Queretaro [Querétaro]
• Location: State located in Center-south of Mexico. Between the 21º40' and 20º01' Lat. North, and 99º03' and 100º36' Long. South. It limits the Mexican States of Guanajuato (W and NW), San Luis Potosi (N), Hidalgo (E), Mexico (SE),and Michoacan de Ocampo (SW).
• Area: 11,978 km²
• Municipalities: 18
• Population: 1,404,306 inhabitants
• Capital: Santiago de Querétaro (Pop.: 641,386)
• Statehood: October 3, 1824
• Arms adopted: 29 October 1655 (granted to the city of Satiago de Querétaro). Confirmed as state coat of arms on 1 October 2014.
• Flag adopted: Passed by local congress on 1 October 2014. The governor's veto is pending

The flag

by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 17 October 2014.

by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 17 October 2014.

The flag adopted by act passed by the state congress on 1 October 2014 describes the "Flag of Queretaro" as white rectangle with a ratio between the width and the length of four to seven, bearing in the center the Coat of Arms of the State of Queretaro, placed so that it occupies three-quarters of the flag's width. The same law remarks that public buildings and educational campuses must have a sample of the State flag, in order to give honors and use it in civic events. The act provides that this flag must be hoisted all or half mast, according to whether holiday or duel, respectively, at the headquarters of the State powers, civic squares and schools, in solemn State dates. It is also mentioned that is forbiden to alter any feature of the State Flag, to add or remove elements to its legal characteristics in its reproduction, except the official denomination of the public or educational institutions that use it, in its case. It is forbiden also to use the State Flag in such a way that implies a lack of respect.

Coat of arms

by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 17 October 2014.

The coat of arms of Queretaro dates back to 29 October 1665, when, by order, it was granted to the Most Noble and Loyal City of Queretaro, as a result of a series of rules by which the city reached such a privilege. The rules explain the meaning of the coat of arms granted to the city: "... for the huge devotion to the Holy Cross, and the great deeds performed by it, grants by arms to the city a large shield divided in two fields, the first one in dark blue in memory of the eclipse occurred that day, a sun whose rays serve as a base to a red cross, and on each side a silver star. Bellow, the second field shall be divided in two parts, in one, shall be painted some golden ears of wheat and, because of the fertile soil, a grapevine covered by fruit, all on a light blue field, alluding to the sky of this city...". The missing field includes "... for the referred devotion, a depiction of Saint James armed and in his cloak, on the same color as the upper field..." and above the whole achievement, the king's arms. The coat of arms was approved and confirmed by Royal Act decreed by Philip V of Spain on 29 September 1712.

Subsequently, the coat of arms was removed several elements related to the Spanish royalty, leaving only the central part. Instead of the royal arms, the Mexican coat of arms (eagle devouring a snake above a prickly pear) was placed atop of the field. To the sides, two Mexican tricolor flags were placed, standing for the integration of Queretaro into the Mexican federation. In the lower part of the shield were added several symbols of war, guns, bullets and arrows recalling the important participation of Queretaro in the military history of Mexico, especially in the resistance against the second Mexican Empire, led by Maximilian of Habsburg.

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