Banderas monumentales

They are part of a program started in 1999 under President Ernesto Zedillo that is currently administered by the Secretariat of National Defense (Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional).

The first point consisted of selecting the location for the monumental flags, of which the first were: The first two deployments were in México City, Mexico's capital.

Monumental flags are costly to construct and require a group of nearly twenty people to raise and lower them.

The tallest flagpole in the world is 120 meters high and was built for a 60-meter-wide national flag in Piedras Negras, Coahuila.

The Tijuana, Ciudad Juárez and Nuevo Laredo flags overlook the United States border and can be clearly seen from the U. S. side.

With a pole height of 100.6 metres (330 ft) and a flag measuring 50 by 28.6 metres (164 by 94 ft) Monterrey 's bandera monumental is the tallest in Mexico .
A Bandera monumental about to be raised in El Zócalo, México City