Flag of Mexico

Mexico
UseNational flag and ensign Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Reverse side is mirror image of obverse side Flag can be hung vertically by rotating the design first
Proportion4:7
Adopted16 September 1968; 56 years ago (1968-09-16)
DesignA vertical tricolor of green, white and red, with the National Coat of Arms centered on the white band.
Designed byAgustin de Iturbide (Original version)
Francisco Eppens Helguera
UseNaval jack Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Reverse side is mirror image of obverse side
Proportion1:1
DesignA diagonal tricolor of white, green, red, with a thin anchor in the center. Three eight-pointed gold stars are in the canton, and the bottom two corners.

The national flag of Mexico (Spanish: bandera nacional de México) is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red with the national coat of arms charged in the center of the white stripe. While the meaning of the colors has changed over time, these three colors were adopted by Mexico following independence from Spain during the country's War of Independence, and subsequent First Mexican Empire.

Red, white, and green are the colors of the national army in Mexico. The central emblem is the Mexican coat of arms, based on the Aztec symbol for Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), the center of the Aztec Empire. It recalls the legend of a golden eagle sitting on a cactus while devouring a serpent that signaled to the Aztecs where to found their city, Tenochtitlan.[1]

  1. ^ Miller, Mary Ellen (2019). The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec. Thames & Hudson. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-500-20450-4.