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Morelos, Mexico

Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos / Free and Sovereign State of Morelos

Note: Morelos has no official flag, but one in white charged with the coat of arms is broadly used:

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by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, May 1, 2002.
See: Coat of arms on white background: unofficial flag

Presentation of Morelos
Coat of arms

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Official web page of Morelos
Quoted by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán October 9, 2001

Presentation of Morelos:

Official name:	Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos / Free and Sovereign State of Morelos
Short-form names:	Estado de Morelos / State of Morelos; Morelos.
Location:	The third smallest Federal Entity, above of Distrito Federal and Tlaxcala and featured by its mythic archeologyc places, and its sound climate, Morelos is a landlocked State located Center-South of Mexico. It is surrounded by the States of México (W. and NE), Puebla (E), Guerrero (S),and the Distrito Federal (N).
Area:	4,950 km²
Municipalities:	33
Population:	1'555,296 inhabitants (2000)
Capital:	Cuernavaca (Pop.: 338,706 [2000])
Statehood:	April 17, 1869
Arms adopted:	Unknown date.

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Reported by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, October 06, 2001.

Coat of arms

by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, October 06, 2001.

The coat of arms consists of a squarish samnitic (“french”) shield, azure, on a mound marron, a maize (corn) plant leved ver and fruited or, under a star of the same metal; between them a scroll argent reading "TIERRA Y LIBERTAD" ("Land and freedom"); bordure argent, lined and tressured sable, with the inscription "LA TIERRA VOLVERA A QUENES LA TRABAJAN CON SUS MANOS" ("The land shall return to those who work (on) it with their own hands"). António Martins, 22 Jun 1999

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by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, May 1, 2002. See: Coat of arms on white background: unofficial flag