Benjamín Hill, Sonora (Mexico)

Last modified: 2024-12-21 by daniel rentería
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Although I was not told whether or not the municipality has a flag, it appears that the municipality does not use one.
Daniel Rentería, 28 September 2024

Coat of Arms

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The coat of arms of Benjamín Hill was adopted during the patron saint festivities in May of 1980 under Municipal President Álvaro Suúrez López, with the assistance of Municipal Chronicler Jesús Salomón Arraiga in its selection through a call for proposals. The jury, under Arraiga, chose the proposal by the teacher Jesús Chaires Dávila as the winning design; at the time, Dávila was an artist working under the Mexican Railways (Ferromex) company. Description of the coat of arms, according to the Encyclopedia of Municipalities and Delegations of Mexico:

In the upper portion is the name of the municipality and the year of foundation of the population, the beginning of the construction of the railway line here.
In the center is the geographic contour of the same and a locomotive, since the railroad constitutes the principal source of work and is also the origin of its foundation.
To the sides are an open book, which represents culture, and a cactus as a symbol of the desert.
In the lower portion is the Carahui mountain range, which dominates in the north of the population, and the name of the state.
[A cattle head is also depicted for cattle-raising; the background is in the colors of the national flag].

Daniel Rentería, 28 September 2024

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