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Campeche (Mexico)

Estado Libre y Soberano de Campeche

Last modified: 2019-09-28 by juan manuel gabino villascán
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[Campeche official State Flag] 4:7
[Normal: Flag in "normal" use, without special observations. Horizontal hoisting]
  [De facto flag of Campeche: State coat of arms on white background] [State flag]
[Defacto flag]
[Variant: One of two or more versions of the same basic design]
  [De facto coat of arms of Campeche]
Official flag of Campeche
according the art. 5 of the State's Constitution
    De facto flag of Campeche     State coat or arms
Images by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, August 31, 2001
State coat of arms from: Ley Reglamentaria del artí 5.o de la Constitución Política del Estado de Campeche


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Presentation of Campeche

  • Official name (Spanish):Estado Libre y Soberano de Campeche
  • Official name (English):Free and Sovereign State of Campeche
  • Short-form names: State of Campeche; Campeche
  • Location: South-East of Mexico, in the Yucatan Penninsula. It limits the States of Yucatan (N, and NE), Quintana Roo (E), and Tabasco (SW). Campeche borders also the countries of Guatemala (S) and Belize (SE). To the West, Campeche is bathed by the Gulf of Mexico. One of its main geographical features is the Lagoon of Términos, which actualy is a bay rather than a lagoon, in front of it is Isla del Carmen (Carmen Island), in Colonial times, one of the most important ports in New Spain. Among the State's archeological beauties are Calakmul, the biggest Maya city discovered so far, Chicanná, Xpuhil and El Hormiguero (The Anthill).
  • Area: 57,924 km2
  • Municipalities: 11 (Municipalities' capitals are named after the muncipality's name, excepting when indicated in parenthesis):
    Calkiní; Campeche (San Francisco de Campeche); Carmen (Ciudad del Carmen); Champotón; Hecelchakán; Hopelchén; Palizada; Tenabo; Escárcega; Calakmul (Xpujil); and Candelaria.
  • Population: 902,250 (2015)
  • Capital: Campeche (Pop.: 259,005 [2010])
  • Statehood: 26 April 1863
  • Flag adopted: 10 July 1914
  • Arms adopted: 1 October 1777. The coat of arms was first granted by King Charles III of Spain to San Francisco de Campeche. Adopted as State's coat of arms by Decree num. 30 of 29 December 1962, confirmed by decree num. 180 of 12 November 2008, in effect on 13 November 2008.

Sources: INEGI; Ley Reglamentaria del artí 5.o de la Constitución Política del Estado de Campeche; Iniciativas para expedir la Ley Reglamentaria del Artículo 5.° de la Constitución Poliítica del Estado de Campeche


Official symbols of Campeche

According to the article 5º of the Campeche State Constitution, "the official mandatory symbols for the State are the National flag, anthem and Coat of arms, as well as the State's Anthem and Coat of Arms". The same article states that "shall not be neither other flags, anthems, nor coats of arms, and the usage of the National Symbols shall be regulated by Federal rules."

CAPÍTULO II
De los Símbolos Oficiales

ARTÍCULO 5o.- La Bandera, el Himno y el Escudo Nacionales así como el Himno y el Escudo propios del Estado, son los símbolos obligatorios del mismo. No habrá otras banderas, otros himnos ni escudos de carácter oficial, y el uso de los símbolos nacionales se sujetará a lo que dispongan los ordenamientos federales.

Quoted and translated by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, July 20, 2002.


De facto flag

[De facto flag of Campeche: State coat of arms on white background] [State flag] [Defacto flag] [Variant: One of two or more versions of the same basic design]
De facto flag of Campeche
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 27 September 2019


State coat of arms of Campeche

[De facto coat of arms of Campeche]
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 27 September 2019
State coat of arms from: Ley Reglamentaria del artí 5.o de la Constitución Política del Estado de Campeche


San Francisco de Campeche

[Standard of San Francisco de Campeche]
[Foto] from calkini.gob.mx
Reported by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 27 September 2019

The city of San Francisco de Campeche, state’s capital, has no flag for its own, instead, a white standard charged with the city’s arms is used in holidays, such as the anniversary celebration of the city’s foundation.

Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 27 September 2019


A red and blue bicolor has been erroneously reported as the flag of the city. Such an assumption comes from the cover photo of the book Estado de Campeche, Nueva Guía, ISBN 968543705XA,where decorative pennants in red and blue are hoisted from the walls of the fort San Miguel. Red and blue are colors taken form the quarters of the city’s arms, and unofficially are used to represent both the city and the state.

Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 1 August 2013

[Pennant of fort San Miguel]
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 1 August 2013

[Cover of the book 'Estado de Campeche']
Reported by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 1 August 2013


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