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Third flag of the State of Costa Rica (within the United Provinces of Central America) Three horizontal strips of blue, white and blue, 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 1906–1964 State flag from 1906 to 1964
During this period, Costa Rica used the flag of the United Provinces of Central America, which took inspiration from the Argentinian flag. [2] It was augmented by variations specific to the State of Costa Rica within the United Provinces of Central America (a blue and white striped United Provinces flag, with the Costa Rican State Seal added).
This is a collection of lists of flags, including the flags of states or territories, groups or movements and individual people. There are also lists of historical flags and military flag galleries. Many of the flag images are on Wikimedia Commons .
Pages in category "National symbols of Costa Rica" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Flag of Costa Rica; List of Costa Rican flags; G.
Flags by country (112 C, ... National symbols of Costa Rica (1 C, 11 P) National symbols of Croatia (2 C, ... National symbols by country.
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
In 1885, Ghevont Alishan, an Armenian Catholic priest and historian proposed 2 Armenian flags. One of which is a horizontal tricolor flag of red-green-white, with red and green coming from the Armenian Catholic calendar, with the first Sunday of Easter being called "Red Sunday", and the second Sunday being "Green Sunday", with white being added for design reasons.
Flag sides are usually mirror copy to satisfy manufacturing constraints. Identical flags are much less common and contain an element for which a simple mirror image would be problematic, such as text (e.g. The Flag of Saudi Arabia includes the shahada, an Islamic creed; The Flag of Iraq includes the Takbir) or a geographic