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Guanajuato, Mexico

Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato / Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato

Last modified: 2005-05-07 by juan manuel gabino villascán
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Note: Guanajuato has no official flag, but one in white charged with the coat of arms is broadly used:

Guanajuato unofficial white flag 4:7[Non-official proportions]
[Defacto flag]
[One or more variants under the same basic design]
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, November 12, 2004.
Coat of arms from: The Guanajuato Gov. Official web site
See: Coat of arms on white background: unofficial flags


See also:

Presentation of Guanajuato:

  • Official name: Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato /Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato
  • Location: Landlocked Mexican State located in Center of Mexico (Bajío). It neighbors the Mexican States of San Luis Potosí (N), Querétaro (E), Michoacán (S), and Jalisco (W).
  • Area: 33,919 km2
  • Municipalities: 46
  • Population: 4'600,000 inhabitants
  • Capital:Santa Fe de Guanajuato (Pop.: 837,000)
  • Statehood: October 13, 1824
  • Arms adopted: Unknown date.

Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, October 06, 2001.


Coat of arms

[Guanajuato coat of arms
From The Guanajuato Gov. Official web site

Link the The Guanajuato Gov. Official web site, to see a good image of the the Guanajuato coat of arms.
Posted by: Steve Moore, February 16, 2005.

El escudo del Estado de Guanajuato lleva en el centro la imagen de la Santa Fé de la Granada, que simboliza el triunfo de los reyes católicos sobre los musulmanes. Fue precisamente el Rey Carlos I de España, quien además de conceder a la actual capital del Estado el título de "M