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Flag of Mexico
Flag of Mexico
General
Adopted: September 16, 1968
Proportions: 4:7
List of flags

The flag of Mexico is an equal vertical tricolour of green, white, and red, with the coat of arms of Mexico in the center of the flag, in the white stripe.

Symbolism[]

green independence
white Catholicism
red blood of Mexican soldiers coat of arms Aztec culture

The eagle is from the Aztec legend that their gods told them to build a city (Now Mexico City) where they spot an eagle on a cactus eating a snake.

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