List of Costa Rican flags - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

List of Costa Rican flags
This is a list of flags used in Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

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Flag of Costa Rica
The official flag of the Republic of Costa Rica is based on a design created in 1848. The state/national flag, also used as the military ensign, includes the coat of arms of Costa Rica...

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National Flags

Flag	\|Use	National flag National flag A national flag is a flag that symbolizes a country. The flag is flown by the government, but usually can also be flown by citizens of the country.Both public and private buildings such as schools and courthouses may fly the national flag... and Civil ensign Civil ensign The civil ensign is the national flag flown by civil ships to denote nationality...	Five strips blue, white, red, white and blue. The red central stripe with double width than other blue and white strips.
	1906-	State flag State flag There are two separate meanings for the term state flag in vexillology – the flag of the government of a sovereign state, and the flag of an individual subnational state.-Government flag:... and State ensign	The national flag with the National Coat of Arms Coat of arms of Costa Rica The official coat of arms of the Republic of Costa Rica was designed in 1848, with modifications in 1906, 1964, and most recently the 1998 addition of smoke to distinguish three volcanoes... inside a white circle in the red strip to the left.

Provinces

See: Provinces of Costa Rica
Provinces of Costa Rica
Costa Rica consists of 7 provinces :The provinces are further divided into cantons , which are subdivided into districts .-See also:* ISO 3166-2:CR* Cantons of Costa Rica* Districts of Costa Rica...

Flag	\|Use	Alajuela Province Alajuela Province Alajuela is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the north-central part of the country, bordering Nicaragua to the north, and clockwise the provinces Heredia, San José, Puntarenas and Guanacaste...	White flag with the Coat of Arms of Alajuela Province in the center.
		Flag of Cartago Province Cartago Province Cartago is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the central part of the country. Bordering provinces are Limón to the east and San José to the west. The capital is Cartago and it was formerly the capital city of Costa Rica until 1823 when the capital was changed to San Jose...	Two horizontal strips blue and red.
		Flag of Guanacaste Province Guanacaste Province Guanacaste is a province of Costa Rica located in the northwestern part of the country, along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. To the north it borders Nicaragua. To the east is the Alajuela Province, and to the southeast is the Puntarenas Province. It is the most sparsely populated of all the...	Three horizontal strips blue, white and green, with an inverted red triangle to the left.
		Flag of Heredia Province Heredia Province Heredia is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the north-central part of the country. As a result, the province covers areas as diverse as the agriculture rich Northern plains of San Carlos as well as the more metropolitan areas like the city of Heredia located in the Central Valley...	Three vertical strips yellow, white and red, with the regional Coat of Arms in the central strip.
		Flag of Limón Province Limón Province Limón is one of seven provinces in Costa Rica. The majority of its territory is situated in the country's Caribbean lowlands, though the southwestern portion houses part of an extensive mountain range known as the Cordillera de Talamanca...	Three horizontal strips green, blue and white.
		Flag of the Puntarenas Province Puntarenas Province Puntarenas is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the western part of the country, covering most of Costa Rica's Pacific Ocean coast, and it is the largest province in Costa Rica. Clockwise from the northwest it borders on the provinces Guanacaste, Alajuela, San José and Limón, and the...	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.
		Flag of San José Province San José Province San José is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the central part of the country, and borders the provinces of Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago, Limón and Puntarenas. The provincial capital is San José. The province covers an area of 4,965.9 km²...	Blue flag with a five-pointed white star in the center, and bordered with red strips.

Flags

Flag	\|Use	Spanish national flag Flag of Spain The flag of Spain , as it is defined in the Spanish Constitution of 1978, consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow stripe being twice the size of each red stripe... and war ensign
	1821-1823	Flag of the First Mexican Empire First Mexican Empire The Mexican Empire was the official name of independent Mexico under a monarchical regime from 1821 to 1823. The territory of the Mexican Empire included the continental intendencies and provinces of New Spain proper...	Three vertical strips green, white and red, with the Imperial Coat of Arms in the center.
	1823	First Costa Rican National Flag	Three horizontal strips blue, yellow and blue.
	1823-1824	Second Costa Rican National Flag	White field with a six-pointed red star.
	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.
	1824-1839	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.
	1839-1848	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.
	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.
	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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