| Coat of arms of Jalisco Escudo de Jalisco | |
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| Armiger | State of Jalisco |
| Adopted | 1989 |
The coat of arms of Jalisco (Spanish: Escudo de Jalisco, lit. "state shield of Jalisco") is a symbol of the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco in Mexico.[1]
This shield symbolizes the nobility and lordship of the city of Guadalajara; virtues that the Spanish crown recognized in the work and dangers that the city's inhabitants had endured in the conquest and settlement of the city.[2] When the state of Jalisco was founded, the shield became a symbol of the federal entity.
The above confirms the explanation that historians and heraldists give about the use of enamels (colors and metals) and figures in the coats of arms.[3] These scholars affirm that these elements confer duties on the inhabitants of the state to which the privilege of arms is granted.