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Tamaulipas (Mexico)

Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas

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Armorial flag adopted: 16 December 2011. Decree number 177 published 15 December 2011.
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 6 July 2001

Presentation of Tamaulipas
Armorial flag
Coat of arms

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Presentation of Tamaulipas

Official name (Spanish): Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas
Official name (English): Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas
Short-form names: State of Tamaulipas; Tamaulipas
Location: North of Mexico. It neighbors the Mexican States of Nuevo Leon (W), San Luis Potosi (SW), and Veracruz-Llave (S); and the United States of America (N); and the Gulf of Mexico (E)
Area: 75 384 km2
Municipalities: 43
Population: 3 453 525 inhabitants (2015)
Capital: Ciudad Victoria (Pop.: 321 953 [2010])
Statehood: 3 October 1824
Arms first adopted: 29 March 1939, by Decree number 24.
Flag (armorial): 16 December 2011. Decree number 177 published 15 December 2011

Armorial flag

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Armorial flag adopted: 16 December 2011. Decree number 177 published 15 December 2011.
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 6 July 2001

The "Law on the coat of arms and anthem of Tamaulipas" published on 16 December 2004 states:

Article 1. The Coat of Arms and the Anthem of Tamaulipas are the symbols of the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas (...).

In addition to that, the same Law, added on December 2011, establishes:

Article 3. The State coat of arms may be used in flag mode [armorial flag], which consists of a white field with a ratio between width and length of 4 to 7, in its center shall bear the State Coat of Arms according to the features established in the previous article.

Chapter Fourth of the current Law, dedicates protocol and lore detail of the armorial flag.

Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 27 December 2019.

Coat of arms

by: Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 11 July 2001.

The coat of arms was first adopted by Decree number 24 published on 29 March 1939, then modified by Decree 66 published on 27 September 1978, to finally reach its current form by Decree number 20 published on 13 June 1984.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 27 December 2019.

On field argent, corn and cotton plants vert. On gules, two bulls and a goat in natural colors. On azur, a mountain, at its sinester side a sown field and an oil field vert. The arms of the Count of Sierra Gorda centered at the top.
The figures of this coat of arms are mainly for the economic activities of the State. The first quarter is for agriculture; livestook is represented in the second quarter; the lower part a Tamaulipas landscape headed by the "Cerro de Bernal" (Bernal Hill) and the economic activities put together. The Count's arms honors his work.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 6 May 2001.

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