List of Mexican flags

The following is a list of flags that are used in the United Mexican States and its predecessor states.

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1821–1823		Variant
	1823–1824
	1824–1835
	1835–1846
	1846–1863
	1864–1867
	1880–1893
	1893–1916
	1910	Independence centennial. Ordered by President Porfirio Díaz.
	1910–1911
	1916–1934
	1934–1968		Variant
			Official
	1968–present	Civil use	Variant
	1968–present		A vertical tricolor of green, white and red with the National Coat of Arms centered on the white band.

Presidential flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	Unknown–present	Presidential standard of Mexico
		Presidential standard at sea
		Presidential standard (as supreme commander)

Historical

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1521–1701	Cross of Burgundy military flag of Spain used as banner of its overseas territory
	1701-1760	Flag of the Spanish Empire
	1760-1785
	1785–1821	Flag used by the Spanish Empire in its territories from 1785 to 1821
	1521–1821	Cross of Burgundy flag used in New Spain from 1521 to 1821
	1810	Banner used by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1810
	1811–1812	Flag used from 1811 to 1812 by Regimiento de la muerte (Death Regiment) after Hidalgo's death in the Independence War
	1812	Flag used in 1812 by José María Morelos at the Independence War
	1815	Insurgents war flag used in 1815

State flags

• 
  Baja California Sur^[1]
• 
  Durango^[2]
• 
  Guanajuato^[3]
• 
  Guerrero^[4]
• 
  Jalisco^[5]
• 
  Querétaro^[6]
• 
  Quintana Roo^[7][8]
• 
  Tlaxcala^[9]
• 
  Yucatán^[10]

Municipality flags

• 
  Atotonilco el Alto^[11]
• 
  Benito Juárez
• 
  Cozumel^[12]
• 
  Guadalajara^[13][14]
• 
  Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos^[15]
• 
  Monterrey^[16]
• 
  Morelia^[17][18]
• 
  Santiago Matatlán^[19][20]
• 
  Tlaquepaque^[21]
• 
  Toluca^[22]
• 
  Tonaya^[23]
• 
  Irapuato^[24]

Military flags

• 
  Naval Jack
• 
  Naval Infantry Corps
• 
  Mexican Army
• 
  Mexican Air Force
• 
  Three Guarantees army flag (1820-1821)
• 
  Iturbide's infantry (1821)
• 
  Flag used by Mexican Royalists in 1808
• 
  Mexican Insurgents (naval) used in 1815
• 
  Mexican Insurgents (parliamentary) used in 1815
• 
  Mexican Insurgents (commercial) used in 1815

Annexation

• 
  Republic of Yucatán
• 
  Republic of the Rio Grande
• 
  Republic of Sonora
• 
  Province of Chiapas (then part of the Federal Republic of Central America)

Political flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Current
	2006–present	Nationalist Front of Mexico
	1937–present	National Synarchist Union
		Coalition of Workers, Peasants, and Students of the Isthmus
Former
	1905-1918	Mexican Liberal Party
Other
	1994–present	Zapatista Army of National Liberation
	1996–present	Popular Revolutionary Army
	2009–2014	Práxedis G. Guerrero Autonomous Cells of Immediate Revolution
	1931-1935	Red Shirts
	1933-1936	Revolutionary Mexicanist Action	The flag depicts a shield (chīmalli) with fringes crossed by a macana (macuahuitl). Four crescents and cotton (ichcatl) representing agriculture.
	1926-1929	Flag used by the Cristeros during the Cristero War

Native American flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Yucatec Maya people
		Otomi people
		Pima people
		Rarámuri people
		Seri people
		Yaqui people
		Tzotzil people
		Zapotec peoples

Criminal cartel flags

• 
  Gulf Cartel
• 
  Juárez Cartel
• 
  Jalisco New Generation Cartel
• 
  Northeast Cartel
• 
  Sinaloa Cartel
• 
  Michoacán Family

Other flags

• 
  Saint Patrick's Battalion flag (1846-1848)
• 
  Battalion of San Blas flag (1823-1848)

See also

• Coat of arms of Mexico
• Himno Nacional Mexicano
• Flags of North America

References

1. "Ley sobre el Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno del Estado de Baja California Sur". www.cbcs.gob.mx (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado. Retrieved April 12, 2020.The state flag is described in Chapter 2, Articles 3.
2. "Ley sobre el Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno del Estado de Durango". durango.gob.mx (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado. Retrieved May 15, 2016.^{[permanent dead link]} The state flag is described in Chapter 3, Articles 10 through 15.
3. "Ley sobre el Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno del Estado de Guant" (PDF). guanajuato.gob.mx (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023. The state flag is described in Chapter 3, Articles 10 through 15.
4. "Ley sobre el Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno del Estado de Guerrero". guerrero.gob.mx (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado. Retrieved April 12, 2020. The state flag is described in Chapter 3, Articles 10 through 761.
5. "Ley sobre el Escudo, Bandera e Himno del Estado de Jalisco" (PDF). jalisco.gob.mx (in Spanish). Congreso del Estado. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 8, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
6. "Ley de Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno del Estado de Querétaro" (PDF). legislaturaqueretaro.gob.mx (in Spanish). LVIII Legislatura del Estado de Querétaro. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 2, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
7. "Ley sobre la Bandera del Estado de Quintana Roo" (PDF). Poder Legislativo del Estado de Quintana Roo (in Spanish). 2013-08-13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
8. "Se Iza por Primera Vez la Bandera de Quintana Roo". Cancun Digital (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
9. "Reseña histórica de la bandera de Tlaxcala". e-tlaxcala.mx (in Spanish). 2017-04-21. Archived from the original on 2024-05-29. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
10. "Poder Judicial presente en el izamiento de la bandera yucateca". Poder Judicial del Estado de Yucatán (in Spanish). 2023-08-21. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
11. Ocotlán, Radio UdeG (2018-06-14). "Separan tres dependencias en Atotonilco el Alto - UDG TV". UDG TV (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-30.
12. "Noticias de Quintana Roo, Novedades". www.sipse.com. 26 October 2016.
13. "Conmemora Ayuntamiento de Guadalajara, natalicio de Benito Juárez García | Guadalajara - Gobierno Municipal". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
14. "Universidad Tecnológica Columbia – Bachilleratos Tecnológicos, Bachillerato Intensivo Semiescolarizado, Bachillerato Virtual y Cursos de Formación para el Trabajo". www.columbiacollege.mx. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
15. "CAMPAÑA DE DESCACHARRIZACIÓN". www.ixtlahuacandelosmembrillos.gob.mx.
16. "Definen Comisiones de trabajo en Municipio de Monterrey | Portal Financiero". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
17. "Ayuntamiento de Morelia actúa con total cinismo frente la ciudadanía: Moctezuma Madrigal | NOTICIAS EN MICHOACAN". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
18. "Se manifiestan en el Ayuntamiento de Morelia, exigen becas y despensas".
19. "calendas - Cool Graphic". www.coolchaser.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-04. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
20. "Periodico Oficial" (PDF). periodicooficial.oaxaca.gob.mx.
21. "Alcaldesa de Tlaquepaque busca eliminar nexos digitales con Naasón". Archived from the original on 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
22. "Cumple objetivos simulacro del Ayuntamiento de Toluca". Agenda Mexiquense (in Spanish). 2019-09-19. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
23. "Mi primo, con la bandera municipal, antes de empezar el recorrido por las calles del pueblo, lo que se ve antras son la torre del templo antiguo. - Mi Pueblo - Viajeros". Viajeros.com.
24. "BANDO DE POLICÍA Y BUEN GOBIERNO DEL MUNICIPIO DE IRAPUATO, GTO" (PDF). irapuato.gob.mx. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2017-02-06.