Flag of New Mexico
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The official flag of New Mexico, a subnational polity of the United States, consists of a red sun symbol of the Zia people on a field of gold (yellow). It was officially adopted in 1925 to highlight the state's Native American and Hispano heritage: It combines a symbol of the Puebloan people, who have ancient roots in the state, with the colors of the flag of Spain, which established and ruled Nuevo México for over two and a half centuries.
Use | Civil and state flag |
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Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | March 15, 1925; 99 years ago (1925-03-15) |
Design | The red and gold (yellow) of old Spain. The ancient Zia sun symbol in red on a field of yellow. |
Designed by | Reba Mera[1][2] |
The New Mexico flag is among the most unique and iconic in the U.S.,[3] and has been noted for its simple and aesthetic design.[4] It is one of four U.S. state flags without the color blue (along with Alabama, California, and Maryland) and the only one among the four without the color white.[5][note 1] Along with Oklahoma, New Mexico is the only state that depicts Native American iconography in its flag.[note 2]
The proportions of the symbol are fixed by New Mexico law: the four groups of rays are set at right angles, with the two inner rays one-fifth longer than the outer rays, and the diameter of the circle in the center is one-third the width of the symbol.[6]