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Armorial flag adopted: 11 December 2024 through Decree 66-109 published
in the Official State Newspaper; first put into law through Decree number 177 published 15 December 2011
image from po.tamaulipas.gob.mx
There is updated imagery on the shield component of the flag with addition
of the dates 1824-2024 on the top of the shield marking Tamaulipas 200th
anniversary as a State.
John Moody, 7 April 2025
Decree 66-109, published on 11 December 2024 and put into law through the
Official State Newspaper Evening Edition No. 149 the same day, called for the updating of Article 2, regarding the State Coat of Arms. As seen
below, Article 3 of the Law on the Coat of Arms and Anthem
of Tamaulipas calls for a white flag, of a ratio between width and length of 4
to 7, having in its center the State Coat of Arms in "flag mode". Officially,
the State Flag is only another representation of the State Coat of Arms and not
a unique symbol; but it is still an official state symbol. Article 3 remains
unchanged, but due to the coat of arms changing the flag has also changed.
Daniel Rentería, 27 June 2025
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Armorial flag adopted: 16 December 2011. Decree number 177 published 15
December 2011.
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 6 July 2001
The "Law on the coat of arms and anthem of Tamaulipas" published on 16 December 2004 states:
Article 1. The Coat of Arms and the Anthem of Tamaulipas are the symbols of the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas (...).
In addition to that, the same Law, added on December 2011, establishes:
Article 3. The State coat of arms may be used in flag mode [armorial flag], which consists of a white field with a ratio between width and length of 4 to 7, in its center shall bear the State Coat of Arms according to the features established in the previous article.
Chapter Fourth of the current Law, dedicates protocol and lore detail of the armorial flag.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 27 December 2019.
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image from po.tamaulipas.gob.mx
Here is the description of the coat of arms, according to the Law on the Coat of Arms and Anthem of Tamaulipas:
Article 2.- The Shield of Tamaulipas is composeds of four sections framed in a gold scroll with the inscription 1824-2024, in its upper part, like this ESTADO DE TAMAULIPAS in its lower part, both in red coloring, and to the center with the characteristicis of the design of the Shield which is annexed to the present regulation and when facing the front is described in continuation as is specified:
In the first section, corresponding to the upper-left part and on a blue background, appear placed in the following order: a plant of corn with a yellow cob, an ear of red sorghum, one of agave and one of cane, all in green color as symbol of the principal sources which have given rise to the agricultural development of Tamaulipas.
In the second section, corresponding to the upper-central part, appears the Coat of Arms of Don José de Escandón y Helguera, Count of Sierra Gorda, as testimony of recognition for his social, humanitarian, and civilization work, for which it is identified solely through the count's shield with its golden cross, suppressing the supporters, the crest, and crown, to represent it with the base in the following description:
In the upper-left part appears a blue tower in a red background.
In the upper-right part a brown eagle with golden outlines in a blue background.
In the lower-left part a golden cauldron with a flag of the same color in a blue background.
In the lower-right part a blue tower in a red background.
In the third section, corresponding to the upper-right part, on a red background appear from top to bottom a bull of zebu race in dark brown coloring, a deer with white tail of clear brown color, and a toggenburg goat colored beige with white, signifying with them the livestock production and the wildlife of Tamaulipas.
In the fourth section, corresponding to the lower part, on a sky blue background is presented at the top and center the Cerro del Bernal in brown coloring, showing in its upper part of the same and by the right side a white cloud in cumulous formation and one more of the same type and color by its left side, anad in its lower part two wind turbines in white coloring by its left side, like this two electric towers of high voltage gray in its right side. In the lower-left part, a shrimp boat with red, a container ship charged in blue color with yellow, red, orange, and sky blue containers, and a green fish coming out of a blue ocean, with which the exploitation and industry of fishing of Tamaulipas is identified. In the lower part and to the center a red tractor is presented in a beige field cultivating the land and to the sides of the walkway sown plants in green color, as testimony of the development through the mechanization of the field. In the lower-right part on green background, a petroleum tower of black color is presented and a deposit of white petroleum, signifying the potential of hydrocarbons and the technical capacity for their refining, like this a gray with red assembly plant.
For futher information about its usage, please see the full legislation at: po.tamaulipas.gob.mx (in Spanish).
Daniel Rentería, 27 June 2025
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by: Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 11 July 2001.
The previous coat of arms was first adopted by Decree number 24 published on 29 March 1939, then modified by Decree 66 published on 27 September 1978, to finally reach its current form by Decree number 20 published on 13 June 1984.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 27 December 2019.
On field argent, corn and cotton plants vert. On gules, two bulls
and a goat in natural colors. On azur, a mountain, at its sinester side
a sown field and an oil field vert. The arms of the Count of Sierra
Gorda centered at the top.
The figures of this coat of arms are mainly for the economic activities
of the State. The first quarter is for agriculture; livestook is represented in
the second quarter; the lower part a Tamaulipas landscape headed by the "Cerro
de Bernal" (Bernal Hill) and the economic activities put together. The Count's
arms honors his work.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 6 May 2001.
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