Editing Yucatán (section)

==== Flag of the Republic of Yucatán ====
{{Main|Flag of the Republic of Yucatán}}
[[File:Bandera yucateca en Mérida.png|thumb|[[Flag of the Republic of Yucatán]]]]
The flag of Yucatán was raised on March 16, 1841. The period of the Republic of Yucatán was the only one in which the banner was officially used by the authorities of Yucatán.

[[Rodolfo Menéndez de la Peña]], historian, describes the flag of Yucatán: "The flag of Yucatán was divided into two parts: green on left, the right, with three divisions, red up and down and white in the middle. In the green field highlighted, five stars, symbolizing the five departments that Yucatan was divided by decree of November 30, 1840: Mérida, Izamal, Valladolid, Tekax and Campeche."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://especiales.yucatan.com.mx:80/especiales/banderadeyucatan/14090001.asp |title=Las estrellas y la vigencia de la bandera de Yucatán |last=Esquivel |first=Duran |date=2002-09-14 |website=Diario de Yucatán |language=es |trans-title=The Stars and Effect of the Flag of Yucatan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520062633/http://especiales.yucatan.com.mx/especiales/banderadeyucatan/14090001.asp |archive-date=May 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=2017-05-11 |quote=... la bandera yucateca se dividió en dos campos: a la izquierda, uno de color verde, y a la derecha, otro con tres divisiones, de color rojo arriba y abajo y blanco en medio. En el campo o lienzo verde de la bandera se destacaban cinco hermosas estrellas que simbolizaban a los cinco departamentos en que se dividía Yucatán por Decreto del 30 de noviembre de 1840, a saber: Mérida, Izamal, Valladolid, Tekax y Campeche... |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The flag did not have official recognition in the state {{failed verification span|text=until August 2024,|date=August 2024}} however, it maintained a strong recognition among the people of the state.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yucatan.com.mx/especiales/banderadeyucatan/14090001.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100225084559/http://www.yucatan.com.mx/especiales/banderadeyucatan/14090001.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 25, 2010 |title=160 aniversario de la Bandera de Yucatán |author=Diario de Yucatán |access-date=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yucatan.com.mx/vidasocial.asp?cx=4$1306000000$4235820&f=20100130 |title=Buenos Aires City, anfitrión de un evento al estilo de Las Vegas |author=Diario de Yucatán |access-date=August 26, 2010}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>