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The Bahia Palace (Arabic: قصر الباهية) is a mid to late 19th-century palace in Marrakesh, Morocco. The palace was first begun by Si Musa, grand vizier under the Alawi sultan Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman, in the 1860s. It was expanded by his son Si Ba Ahmed ibn Musa, grand vizier of Sultan Moulay Abdelaziz, between 1894 and 1900. Today ...
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
San José (Spanish: [saŋ xoˈse]; meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of San José Province.It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Central Valley, within San José Canton.
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).
Costa Rica ratified the convention on 23 August 1977. [3] It has four World Heritage Sites and one site on the tentative list. [3] The first site in Costa Rica listed was the Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park, in 1983. In 1990, the site was expanded to include the sites across the border in Panama.
Ballena Marine National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Marino Ballena), is a national park of Costa Rica, part of the Osa Conservation Area created as a safe area for humpback whale migration, hence its name, as Ballena is the Spanish word for whale. The national park has an area of 5,160 ha (12,800 acres) marine, and 171 ha (420 acres ...
Turrialba is the second highest volcano in Costa Rica with an elevation of 3,340 m (10,960 ft). The volcano is periodically active. [34] Total: 816,521 ha (2,017,670 acres) (including ocean) The land area of national parks make up 13 percent of the area of Costa Rica and about one-half of the total protected land area in Costa Rica.
Map of Costa Rica incorporating its flag. Date: 10 March 2008: Source: Self made from Image:Mapa CR.svg and Image:Flag of Costa Rica.svg: Author: Bryan based on work by Shamhain and SKopp: Permission (Reusing this file) Image:Mapa CR.svg is GFDL and CC-BY-SA-2.5,2.0,1.0. Image:Flag of Costa Rica.svg is Public domain.