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I was informed by the council that there is no municipal flag.
Daniel Rentería, 6 April 2025
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The coat of arms of Juárez was approved by the council on 12 September 1947. Its designer is Armando B. Chávez, with the original drawing and motto being created by José B. Cisneros It was adopted after a contest was launched by the council. Francisco R. Almada, Clemente Bolio, and Baudelio Pérez Mucharraz served as jurors for this contest.
Description according to Wikipedia (translated):
In a baroque billet and in adarga form, the shield quartered:
1 ) Azure (blue) terraced in sinople (green), between two hills of silver, a river of gold. Over this, and in point, a bridge of silver. In chief a star of eight points in silver.
2 ) Of gold, five sores of gules in a saltire; the central surmounted by three studs of silver, radiated.
3 ) Gold over a castle of azure (blue) and placed as saltire a lance of gold feathered in gules (red) and a gules arquebus (red). Bordure of azure (blue) with four heads of cow, sable (black) and four clusters of golden grapes, alternating.
4 ) Cut at foot. The first of azure (blue), the statue of the Graduate Benito Juárez (gold) with a key and a silver lock in the base to the dexter and sinister respectively. The second in field of silver, a hand of gules (red) holding an azure rifle (blue). With bordure of gules (red), four flakes or buds of cotton silver and sinople (green), and four sable cogwheels (black) alternating. In point a rose of gules (red) and sinople (green) on a silver field. As helmet or crest, a head added of Eagle Knight.
At the very bottom is a ribbon reading "REFUGIO DE LA LIBERTAD CUSTODIA DE LA REPUBLICA" [Refuge of Liberty, Custody of the Republic].
The eagle knight represents the roots of the people (Aztec). The first section is a representation of the Northern Pass; the star the North, and the bridge the border and trade associated with it. In the second, the grapes for vineyards in its first years; the cow heads are a representation of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, first European to reach the Juárez region, and cattle-raising as a present-day economic activity. The arquebus and lance represent the fight between the Spaniards and indigenes during the colonial period, the castle the place's status as a presidio. The third is for the founder Fray García of San Francisco and his Franciscan origin, the symbols used in the first religious places of the city. The fourth section is a reminder that the city gets its name from Benito Juárez, while the key and lock represent it as a guardian of the nationality. The rifle is for the Revolution, while the rose of Castille represents the first colonizers.
Daniel Rentería, 6 April 2025
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