Flag of Toluca

City seal for Toluca, Mexico

The flag of Toluca (Spanish: Bandera de Toluca) It is colored white and the coat of arms in the center. The emblem has a diameter of three-quarters the width of the stripes. The ratio of the flag is 4:7.[1]

Flag of Toluca
Proportion7:4
Variant flag of Flag of Toluca

Design and symbolism

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

Name Color HEX Code
White #FFFFFF

The civil flag of Toluca there is the same colors of the Mexican national flag are as follows:

Name Color HEX Code Symbol
Green #006847 Land
White #FFFFFF Religion
Red #C90016 Blood of the heroes

History

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First flag of Toluca.
 
Second flag of Toluca.

The fisrt flag of Toluca municipality was a tricolor of green, white, and red with a coat of arms charged in the center of the white stripe. While the meaning of the colors has changed over time, these three colors were adopted by flag of the Three Guarantees in honor of the country's independence insurgents. Currently, green, white and red decorations are placed throughout the municipality every year to honor the heroes, giving rise to the tricolor Toluca flag that flies every year in the Plaza de los Mártires and in the town hall.[2]

Although the Toluca Municipality the state capital, does not have an official flag, inside the council room of the town hall there is a white flag with the municipality's coat of arms.[3]

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References

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  1. "Flag of Toluca". CRW Flags. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
  2. "Toluca se viste tricolor". Transeuntemx.com. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  3. "Municipio de Toluca". Reporteindigo.com. Retrieved 2024-06-24.