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Flag of Tlaxcala

The flag of the state of Tlaxcala consists of two fields divided by a diagonal stripe of identical measurements, with the colours in red from the hoist, white the second diagonal field and, in the centre, the state arms, with a diameter of three quarters of the width of that stripe.

Flag of Tlaxcala
Coat of arms

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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
201622 of February de 2016 · 10 years ago
Colours
  • Red
  • White
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
Designer
Desiderio Hernández Xochitiotzin
12

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  1. The red and white diagonal

  2. 1

    The shield

  3. 2

    The palm branches

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Bandera de proporción 4:7 dividida por una diagonal, roja abajo a la izquierda y blanca arriba a la derecha, con el escudo estatal centrado y el texto «EDO. DE TLAXCALA» sobre la parte roja.

Campo rojo
abajo a la izquierda, bajo la diagonal que va de la esquina superior del asta a la inferior del batiente.
Campo blanco
arriba a la derecha.
Escudo
centrado, de gran tamaño, con contorno de plata (blanco).
Texto
«EDO. DE TLAXCALA», en letras doradas sobre el campo rojo, bajo el escudo.

Descripción heráldica

En campo de gules (rojo), un castillo de oro (amarillo) con puertas y ventanas de azur (azul) y, encima del castillo, una bandera con un águila negra rampante en campo de oro. Por orla, de plata (blanco), a cada lado un ramo de palma verde; en lo alto de la orla, las letras I, K y F con dos coronas de oro entre ellas, y en la parte baja dos calaveras con dos huesos cruzados en aspa, de color amarillo.

The colours of the arms

Gules:
red
Oro:
yellow
Azur:
blue
Plata:
white

Blasón oficial (Real Provisión de 1535, recogida por la Ley de los Símbolos Oficiales del Estado de Tlaxcala).

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Sources

Text based on the article “Bandera de Tlaxcala” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Flag image: Javitomad, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.

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