List of Costa Rican flags
This is a list of flags used in Costa Rica. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Costa Rica.
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National Flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1998- | State flag and State ensign | The national flag with the National Coat of Arms inside a white circle in the red strip to the left. |
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1998- | National flag and Civil ensign | Five strips blue, white, red, white and blue. The red central stripe with double width than other blue and white strips. |
Provinces
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of Alajuela Province | White flag with the Coat of Arms of Alajuela Province in the center. | |
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Flag of Cartago Province | Two horizontal strips blue and red. | |
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Flag of Guanacaste Province | Three horizontal strips blue, white and green, with an inverted red triangle to the left. | |
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Flag of Heredia Province | Three vertical strips yellow, white and red, with the regional Coat of Arms in the central strip. | |
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Flag of Limón Province | Three horizontal strips green, blue and white. | |
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Flag of the Puntarenas Province | Two triangles, red (upper left) and green (lower right), crossed by two diagonal joined strips white (lefter) and blue (righter). In the center, a ten-pointed golden star with the cypher "1848" in black characters. | |
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Flag of San José Province | Blue flag with a five-pointed white star in the center, and bordered with red strips. | |
Historical flags
Flags
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1541-1821 | Burgundy Cross, flag of the Spanish Overseas Territories | A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field. |
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1821-1823 | Flag of the First Mexican Empire | Three vertical strips green, white and red, with the Imperial Coat of Arms in the center. |
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1823 | First Costa Rican National Flag | Three horizontal strips blue, yellow and blue. |
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1823-1824 | Second Costa Rican National Flag | White field with a six-pointed red star. |
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1823-1849 | Flag of the United Provinces of Central America | Three horizontal strips light blue (upper and lower) and white (central), with the coat of arms in the center. |
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1824-1838 | First flag of the State of Costa Rica (within the United Provinces of Central America) | Same as UPCA flag, with the State Seal in the lower strip. |
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1838-1842 | Second flag of the State of Costa Rica (within the United Provinces of Central America) | Three horizontal strips white, blue and white, with the State Seal in blue strip. |
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1842-1848 | Third flag of the State of Costa Rica (within the United Provinces of Central America) | Three horizontal strips blue, white and b.ue, with the State Seal in white strip. |
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1848-1906 | First flag after break of UPCA | Same as actual flag, with the National Coat of Arms in the center. |
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1906-1964 | State flag from 1906 to 1964 | The number of stars appeared on Coat of Arms was 5 since 1848. In 1906 the style of Coat of Arms was slightly modified, and the one appeared on State Flag was also modified, narrowed and was put into a white oval lied near to the hoist of the flag. |
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1964-1998 | State flag from 1964 to 1998 | In 1964 a law was passed by government to increase the numbers of the stars from 5 to 7, to reflect the increase of number of its provinces. In 1998 a decree was passed by government about the design of National Coat of Arms, and according to the decree there should be some smoke ejecting from three volcanoes as current look. |
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