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from Wikipedia:

The banderas monumentales (Spanish for "monumental flags") are a set of monuments located throughout Mexico. The main feature of these monuments is a giant Mexican flag flying off a 50 meter-high flagpole. They are part of a program started in 1999 under President Ernesto Zedillo that is currently administered by the Secretariat of National Defense (Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional). The size of the flag was 14.3 by 25 meters and it was flown on a pole that measured 50 meters high. In the time after the decree was issued, many more banderas monumentales have been installed throughout the country in various sizes. Many of the locations were chosen due to significant events in Mexican history that occurred there.

The flag in Monterrey

The 1999 decree

On July 1, 1999, President Zedillo officially started the flag program by issuing a decree that was published in the government register Official Journal of the Federation. While the formation of the flag project was one aspect of the decree, the overall aims of the law were to promote the flag, the Coat of Arms and the national anthem to instill a sense of patriotism into the Mexican population. Zedillo also used the timeframe of 1995 until 2000 to promote Mexican culture and history. Finally, this decree allowed the governors of each state to display more conspicuously the national symbols (Símbolos Patrios) throughout their state.

Biggest flag

The biggest monumental flag in Mexico is the one located in Monterrey (in the picture-set of 4 right above) with a pole height of 100.6 meters and a flag measuring 50 by 28.6 meters, built to double the size of the other monumental flags. It is located at the top of the Cerro del Obispado (Bishopric Hill) at an altitude of 775 meters above the sea level and it weights 230 kilos. It was inaugurated on the Día de la Bandera (Flag Day), 24 February 2005.

Read more here: Wikipedia - Banderas monumentales and here Bandera de México

Fotos de Mexico

The placemark contains 26 locations with photos of the flags or flagpoles.

Acapulco, Guerrero
Aguascalientes , Plaza de las Tres Centurias
Campeche, Campeche
Cancún, Quintana Roo
Chihuahua, Chihuahua
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Areal view with Live Local
Culiacán, Sinaloa
Dolorez Hidalgo, Guanajuato
Ensenada, Baja California
Iguala, Guerrero
Mazatlán, Sinaloa
Matamoros, Tamaulipas (location only) Areal view with Live Local
Mérida, Yucatán
Mexicali, Baja California
Mexico City, Campo Militar Marte

Mexico City, Heroico Colegio Militar
Mexico City, San Jerónimo roundabout
Mexico City, Zócalo
Monterrey, Nuevo León
Morelia, Michoacán
Naucalpan, Estado de México
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Areal view with Live Local
Querétaro, Querétaro
Tampico, Tamaulipas
Tijuana, Baja California
Tonalá, Jalisco

The Flag in Nuevo Laredo
satellite imagery, areal photo and groundlevel picture

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Anáhuac, Nuevo León, Mexico
Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Dolores Hidalgo, Durango Mexico
Guanajuato, Mexico
Morelos, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico
Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico

Videos:

Setting the Flag (1:04)
Flag Retreat (3:25)

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Last Update:February 14th, 2008