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Guanajuato (Mexico)

Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato

By Daniel Rentería, 5 June 2025, using coat of arms at Ley de los Símbolos Estatales
1 | from yahoo.com
2 | from youtube.com
Official flag adopted: 24 November 2023 through Decree 239 published in the Official State Newspaper; published on 16 November 2023
*Flag uses an official gold cravat; generally placed on indoor flags.

Flag
More Legislation on the Flag
De facto flag
Coat of arms
Government flags
Sports flags and standards

Municipalities:

Index to Municipalities of Guanajuato

See also:

Flag

Flag adopted on 24 November 2023 through Decree 239 in the Official State Newspaper; published on 16 November 2023. Decree promulgated 14 November 2023. Description according to Article 10 of Chapter III of the Law on the Coat of Arms, the Flag, and the Anthem of the State of Guanajuato (see link to legislation [in Spanish] here):

Article 10. The Flag consists of a rectangle in white color with a frame of gold and in the center it has the Coat of Arms with a diameter of three-quarters of the height. The proportion between height and length of the Flag is of four to seven. It can carry a bow or tie colored gold at the foot of the truck.

Daniel Rentería, 5 July 2025

Please find an image of the State flag of the Mexican State of Guanajuto. This is the most recent Mexican state to adopt an official state flag.
John Moody, 19 January 2024

More Legislation on the Flag

The same state symbol law has some similarity to the law on the National Flag, which tells us authorities can inscribe on the State Flag for example:

Article 11. The Flag shall be used in civic festivities or official ceremonies in which the National Flag is present. Honors shall be given in terms of what is given in the Law on the Coat of Arms, Flag, and National Anthem, this Law and further applicable legal provisions. The Flag shall be used on the same dates given in the Law on the Coat of Arms, Flag, and National Anthem, and in the provisions of the Regulations of this Law.

The authorities may inscribe their denomination on the flag, when it contributes to the dissemination of the aforementioned official symbol and the copy conforms to the provisions of this present Law.

The collective legal persons may inscribe their denomination or social reason on the Flag with the prior and express authorization of the Secretary, strictly adhering to the provisions of the present Law.

The Flag may not be utilized to promote commercialization or the sale of goods or services.

Article 12. The Head of the Executive Power of the State, the Head of the Secretary of Government and members of the municipal councils may carry out the flagging of the authorities and individuals in the form and conditions established in the regulatory provisions. The Secretary of Education may carry it out in educational institutes.

Article 13. In civic or official ceremonies in which the Flag is present, honors must be given which, at the least, consist of the civic salute simultaneously with all present. The salute to the Flag shall be done in firm position, with the head uncovered.

Article 14. In the buildings as the seat of the authorities and educational institutes, as well as in public plazas in which the proper authorities determine, the Flag should be raised on the dates established in the Regulation of this Law.

Article 15. The Flag shall not be placed in an inclined position or in salute to any person or symbol, with the exception of slight inclination and without touching the floor to:
I. The National Flag, another state flag, or a foreign flag; and
II. The remains or symbols of heroes of the Fatherland or of the State.

Article 16. The 20th of December is established solemnly as Flag Day. On that date, authorities shall realize civic activities in commemoration, respect, and exaltation of the Flag.

Article 17. The reproduction of the Flag shall have as a point the promotion of the state identity, and over it, it shall not be permitted to inscribe the name of individuals.

Daniel Rentería, 5 July 2025

Official Model of the State Flag

From The Guanajuato Gov. Official web site
Arms adopted: 8 December 1741 granted to the city of Santa Fe y Real de Minas de Guanajuato (present-day Guanajuato) by King Philip V.

The official model of the State Flag, including the Anthem and Coat of Arms, is kept by the General Archive of the State. The archive sent me a photo of the official model, which is displayed here. It should be noted that the version in actual use has a different frame: instead of being entirely solid, there is a thin white border that goes through it. So not even the State Government follows the model it decided to have. As the Law reads:

Article 3. A model of the Official Symbols of the State authenticated by the head of the Executive Power, and the representatives of the Legislative and Judicial Powers shall be deposited in the General Archive of the State, for its holding and conservation.

Daniel Rentería, 5 July 2025

De facto flag (before 2023)

by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán from coat of arms by Gobierno de Guanajuato, November 12, 2004.
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Never adopted officially by law; however, many municipalities and the Governor used a white flag with the coat of arms centered upon it, mostly until the adoption of a new flag in 2023.
Daniel Rentería, 5 July 2025

Coat of Arms

From Ley de los Símbolos Estatales
Arms adopted: 8 December 1741 granted to the city of Santa Fe y Real de Minas de Guanajuato (present-day Guanajuato) by King Philip V.

Description according to Article 10 of Chapter III of the Law on the Coat of Arms, the Flag, and the Anthem of the State of Guanajuato:

Article 6. The Shield is constituted on a plate of gold, which carries in the center the image of the faith [this is: the image of Santa Fé de la Granada, symbolizing triumph of Catholic kings against Muslims]. In its base, a shell is tied to it and is sustained by two branches of laurel tied together by a blue ribbon; all of it being supported over a shelf of composite order, which is represented as being of marble colors with furnishings of gold. A crown sustained by a platform of acanthus leaves forms its head or crest.

Article 7 provides the official image of the coat of arms in the Law, which is given here.

In fact, the current version made as the official coat of arms of the State is nearly a direct copy of the original image of the coat of arms granted to the City of Guanajuato (as can be seen here). Even the official description is clearly referenced from the original. Clearly, the metals, especially the gold plate, on the coat of arms reference its mines; with the crown being a symbol that it was granted by the Spanish King. The exact reason the image of Santa Fé de la Granada was chosen as the centerpiece of the coat of arms appears to be unknown.

It should be noted that the Royal Decree granting the City of Guanajuato its title of Very Noble and Very Loyal City and its coat of arms mentions: "...and given that you have in your Coat of Arms, with the crest of the faith, and the capacity of power of being able to use of them, such as in your Chapter Houses, like on pennants, standards, flags, seals, public works, and further items that you may deem appropriate..."
Daniel Rentería, 5 July 2025

Previously used version (not official)

From The Guanajuato Gov. Official web site
Arms adopted: 8 December 1741 granted to the city of Santa Fe y Real de Minas de Guanajuato (present-day Guanajuato) by King Philip V.

Posted by: Steve Moore, February 16, 2005.

Government flags

2024-2030

by Daniel Rentería, 5 July 2025
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2018-2024

by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 30 September 2019
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2012-2018

by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 30 September 2019
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Two days ago I spotted the flag of the State of Guanajuato (officially the "Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato", [Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato] has an additional flag than the one with the coat of arms over a white field. In this case it features a logo over a white horizontal flag, as a distinctive flag. The flag is seen here (GIF image with a sequence of pictures in which one of them is the flag of the State). Another flag is seen here. The logo incorporates the motto "orgullo y compromiso de todos" (pride and committment from all), as a marketing concept for the promotion of the State.

Sources: @SeguridadGto and Government video
Esteban Rivera, Aug 9, 2016.

by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 30 September 2019
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2006-2012

by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 30 September 2019

Sport flags and standards

2008

by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 30 September 2019
1

2000-2006

by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 30 September 2019
1

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