Flag of Tequixquiac

Flag of Tequixquiac
Proportion	7:4
Adopted	29 November 2019;
Designed by	Manuel Rodríguez Villegas

The flag of Tequixquiac (Spanish: Bandera de Tequixquiac) is a tricolor of lime green, white, and blue with an aztec glyph charged in the center of the white stripe. While the meaning of the colors has changed over time, these three colors were adopted by Mexican flag. The ratio of the flag is 4:7.^[1]

Design and symbolism[change | change source]

The meaning of the colors of the flag are as follows:

Lime green : agriculture and landscape.
White : do the peace.
Blue : water.

History[change | change source]

On July 25, 2011, the first flag of the municipality appeared on the occasion of the anniversary of Santiago Apóstol (Saint James apostle). The author Manuel Rodríguez was inspired by the design of the shape of the national flag, with the lime green, white and blue colors that evoke the Otomi or Nhähñu people, the native people of this place, water, crop fields and peace. Together with the municipal chronicler, José Gerardo Martínez García, he begins the legal process of making the municipal flag official with the city council in progress.

On November 29, 2016, on the occasion of the celebration of the founding of the municipality of Tequixquiac, the flag of the municipality was made official in the main square of the capital as the first municipality in the state of Mexico to have a flag. On January 31, 2017, the municipal council endorsed on the police and good government side the legislation corresponding to the flag and municipal symbols.