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Baja California (Mexico)

Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California

Flags of Baja California
Coat of arms

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Flags of Baja California

Introduction

I found an article about the emblems in the text of the constitution of the Mexican state of Baja California. Here is a translation of it (the original text is in Spanish, so I could have made some mistakes in the translation):

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Chapter 3: About the official symbols.

Art 6: The national flag, the national anthem and the national coat of arms are the obligatory symbols in the whole state. The state can have its own coat of arms. It won’t have any other official flags, anthems or coat of arms. The usage of the National symbols is subject to the dispositions of the federal ordinances.

Pascal Vagnat, 03 Jul 1996

Article 6 reads: “The national flag, the national anthem and the national coat of arms are the obligatory symbols in the whole state” –Of course, they are the national symbols–.

The text “It won’t have any other official flags, anthems or coat of arms” stands for any other symbols that are not of the State. Since Baja California do have a coat of arms and an anthem for its own, it means, therefore, that the State may actually have its own flag.

Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 25 January 2020

White flag with coat of arms and name - version 1

[Baja California]
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 1 February 2020
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White flag with coat of arms and name - version 2

[Baja California]
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 1 February 2020
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White flag with rotated coat of arms and name - version 1

[Baja California - rotated arms]
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 1 February 2020
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White flag with rotated coat of arms and name - version 2

[Baja California - rotated arms]
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 1 February 2020
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Coat of arms on white background

[Baja California]
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 1 February 2020
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Sporting standard

[Baja California sporting standard]
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 1 February 2020
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Sporting blue flag

[Baja California sporting blue flag]
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 1 February 2020
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Sporting yellow flag

[Baja California sporting yellow flag]
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 1 February 2020
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Coat of arms

[Coaf of arms of Baja California]
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 31 August 2001

Arms adopted: 27 September 1956

Arms confirmed: 9 October 2010, by Law published in the Periódico Oficial No. 43, Tomo CXVII, Sección I, on 8 October 2010

Arms designer: Armando Deibouis M.

"When Baja California reached statehood in 1953, it does not had a coat of arms for its own, thus, at the half of his administration, Governor Braulio Maldonado Sánchez called for a contest. The competition took place on February 24, 1956. Two months later, after the Dirección de Acción Cívica y Cultural, (present-day the Secretariat of Education and Social Well-being) made up a panel of judges. Such a competition was annulated for the works presented did not fulfill the requirements asked by the panel. In this way, the panel chose the four better drafts then asked the respective authors to work another draft resulting as winner Armando Deibouis M. The design was adopted as the official Baja California State coat of arms on 27 September 1956."

From: Escudo in Gobierno del Estado de Baja California
Quoted and translated by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, January 19, 2002

The official colors are:

Image from Ley que regula el uso y fomento del Escudo y Canto del Estado Libre y Soberano del Baja California
Posted by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 29 September 2019.

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