Vexillological description
Paño de proporción 4:7, liso, de plata (blanco), con el escudo del estado en el centro.
- Paño
- de plata (blanco), liso.
- Escudo
- centrado, en un área de un tercio del ancho y del largo del paño.
Flag of Quintana Roo
The flag of the state of Quintana Roo consists of a white ground bearing the current coat of arms of that state, and is considered the first state flag of Quintana Roo.
The flag, in figures
Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.
- Proportions
- 4:77 wide for every 4 high. 24 flags in the catalogue share it.
- Properties
Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.- Use
CivilFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.- Adopted
- 20138 October 2013 · 13 years ago
- Colours
- White
- Orange
- Blue
- Yellow
- Green
- Grey
- Coat of arms
- YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
Take a closer look
The colours it is made of.
White
Orange
Blue
Yellow
Green
Grey
How it is described
The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.
Descripción heráldica
Escudo medio partido y cortado; 1º de gules, caparazón de caracol de oro; 2º de azur, estrella de cinco puntas de plata; 3º de oro, tres pinos de sinople, acompañados del glifo maya «ik». Por cimera un sol naciente de gules con once rayos de oro.
The colours of the arms
- Gules:
- red
- Oro:
- yellow
- Azur:
- blue
- Plata:
- white
- Sinople:
- green
Blasón no oficial, según Wikipedia (es): traducción heráldica del art. 6.º de la Ley sobre las características y el uso del escudo del Estado de Quintana Roo.
What it carries
Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.
The full story
How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.
How it came about
How it has changed
What it means
Fun facts
Localisation
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Sources
Text based on the article “Bandera de Quintana Roo” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sources consulted:
- Decreto 315, Ley sobre la Bandera del Estado de Quintana Roo (Periódico Oficial, 6 de septiembre de 2013)
- Wikipedia en español: Bandera de Quintana Roo
- Flags of the World (FOTW): Quintana Roo, escudo a un tercio del paño
Credits
Flag image: Heraldry, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.
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