Last modified: 2025-06-27 by daniel rentería
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Each municipality in Tamaulipas has its own municipal coat of arms. The
adoption of local coats of arms started around the '80's as typical throughout
the Federation. The government of the state asked the municipalities over the
years to adopt their own coat of arms, in practice all coat of arrms being
adopted by 2000.
Some of the more common themes in the creations of local municipal coats of arms
are agriculture (cotton, corn, wheat, etc.) and cattle-raising, the basic elements of
survival. Mountains are also frequently depicted, as well as flora, sometimes
other fauna; also in agricultural nature, agave is seen. Bridges, rivers/dams,
and churches are also very frequently seen, signifying the importance of water
to people and faith. Fruits are sometimes also seen. About five municipalities
depict José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, or his coat of arms.
In the southeast, petroleum symbols are seen.
But by far the most interesting thing is that a good number of these municipalities have the same format. They have the sameness to the coat of arms of the State:
having rolled edges, being divided into two horizontal halves.
It should be noted that all images of the Municipal Coats of Arms can be seen in
the General and Historic Archive of the State of Tamaulipas.
Daniel Rentería, 23 June 2025