Last modified: 2025-07-26 by daniel rentería
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The council informed me they do not use a municipal flag.
Daniel Rentería, 24 July 2025
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The coat of arms was adopted in 2004, adopted at the end of the term under Municipal President Rafael Ruíz Morales (2002-2004); the council confirmed its adoption during this time to me, and a plaque exists from that time using the municipal coat of arms. However, the council informed me they do not know the designer or its process of adoption. It is found in the Municipal Regulation on Police and Government in Article 17, Chapter III (published in 2021).
The shield is very stylized, depicting at the top: a crown indicating the fort that stood here during the Spanish colonial era; red lines to the sides and at the bottom with the likeness of a jug as Comitán means "land of potters"; two green lines inside dividing it into three sections. The upper section depicts a puma drinking water from a spring; a legend says the Mayas established a settlement here after they saw a puma drinking water. This original pool of water is now in multiple channels of the "La Pila" neighborhood. The lower-left depicts the facade of the Santo Domingo de Guzmán church, symbol of the evangelization by the Dominicans. The lower-right section depicts an open book with a ribbon over it reading "INDEPENDENCIAE CUNAE"; as it was the cradle of the independence of Chiapas, motivated by Matías de Córdova and Josefina García Bravo in 1821. Surrounding the shield are 9 stars (its original name, "Balún Canán", meant "place of the nine stars").
Daniel Rentería, 24 July 2025
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