The coat of arms of Quintana Roo is a modern shield, semi round, divided into three sections. It's an update of a design that locally goes back to circa 1923. On its Chief, a rising sun in red with sunbeams in gold. In the upper dexter section, a red field with the Mayan glyph for a seashell in gold. In the upper sinister section, a silver five point star (for the Planet Venus) on a blue field. In the lower section, three green tree triangles over the Mayan glyph for wind on a gold field.
The sun represents the shiny future for the relatively new State (1974) and its sunbeams symbolize each one of the municipalities of Quintana Roo. (First redesign with this layout in 1978 had seven rays. Eight rays were drawn from 1993. Changed again in 2008 to nine rays. In 2011 it got a tenth ray and the current layout dates from 2016 with 11 rays.) The Mayan glyph for a seashell represents the ethnic origins of the region. The star also symbolizes a new ideal towards higher goals, according to the Mayan culture, the cobalt blue colour represents the sea. The forest wealth of the State is represented by the three triangles; the T-shaped Mayan glyph for wind means the hurricanes, which are characteristic of the region and also symbolize the fertile land.
Proposals for new flag of Quintana Roo[]
By MetamarioMX. 2014.
Red and blue from the coat of arms. The three triangles represent the wealth of the state's forests. The symbol below is Maya glyph for hurricanes, which occur frequently in the state. By kyrgyzzephyr. 2014.
MetamarioMX. 2015.
Quintana Roo flag proposal by Sotajarocho. 2015.
Quintana Roo flag proposal by Superham1. 2016.
Quintana Roo flag proposal by Hans. Oct 2016. (details)
Quintana Roo flag - The flag is based on the cuban and puerto rican flags, placing it as another spanish-speaking caribbean territory. Flag proposed by daviddelgadohh (2017).
The Caribbean Sea with its winds to the East and 11 municipalities represented with the Mayan glyph for "tree" make up the Flag of Quintana Roo. By Ricardo Vazoli, 2016.
I designed the flag based on the bottom portion of the seal, which represents the forests (as well as the color green) of the state as they are the main historical wealth of the state. I had yellow be the background on the upper half and the ground in the lower half based on the simple reason that yellow (which is also the Mayan color of the south) represents the sun; as not only does it give nutrients and life to the forest and the green trees, Quintana Roo is the first piece of Mexican territory receiving the morning light. greymanbomber. 2017.
Proposal for a flag for Quintana Roo. By Qaz Jan 2020 (details)
Proposal for a flag for Quintana Roo. By Qaz Jan 2020 (details)
Flag of Quintana Roo The Yellow Sea Shell is Left Right Blue and Yellow, February 2020
Bandera del estado libre y soberano de Quintana Roo
Flag of Quintana Roo: Yellow-Red on the Top with Blue Field, White Forest on the Bottom. (July 2020)
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