Flag of New Mexico

State of New Mexico

Use	Civil and state flag
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 flag of the state of New Mexico, also referred to as the New Mexican flag, is a state flag, consisting of a sacred red sun symbol of the Zia tribe on a field of gold (yellow). It was officially adopted on March 15, 1925 to highlight the state's Indigenous and Hispanic heritage: it combines a symbol of the Puebloan people, who have ancient roots in the state, with the colors of the flag of Spain, whose empire had established and ruled over “Nuevo México” for over two and a half centuries.

The New Mexico flag is among the most unique and iconic in the U.S.,^[3] and has been noted for its simple and aesthetically pleasing 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]} New Mexico is one of only two U.S states (along with Oklahoma) that depicts indigenous 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]

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