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During this period, Costa Rica used the flag of the United Provinces of Central America, which took inspiration from the Argentinian flag. [1] 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).
First Costa Rican national flag Three horizontal strips of blue, yellow and blue 1823–1824 Second Costa Rican national flag White field with a six-pointed red star 1823–1824 Flag of the United Provinces of Central America: Three horizontal strips of light blue (upper and lower) and white (central), with the coat of arms in the center 1824
In March 1824, when Costa Rica joined the United Provinces of Central America arms promulgated by the new republic's constitution became the arms of the State of Costa Rica. This coat of arms consists of a triangle, in which five volcanoes rise out of the sea symbolizing the five member states of the United Provinces; above the volcanoes is a ...
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In 2004, the town's beach was stripped of its Blue Flag designation for pollution. It regained the designation in 2006, but lost it again the following year after water-quality tests conducted by Costa Rica's National Water and Sewer Institute determined that some areas had more than 7,000 times the level of fecal matter considered safe by the ...
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.
Costa Rica's distance from the capital of the captaincy in Guatemala, its legal prohibition under mercantilist Spanish law from trade with its southern neighbor Panama, then part of the Viceroyalty of New Granada (i.e. Colombia), and lack of resources such as gold and silver, made Costa Rica into a poor, isolated, and sparsely-inhabited region ...
Sky blue and white See Flag of Bavaria: Brittany: Black and white Brussels Region: Blue and yellow Grey Canary Islands: Yellow, blue and white Catalonia: Red and yellow Cornwall: Black and white Dublin City: Green and blue It is common to see dark blue and light blue flown for Dublin, but this is the GAA colours for Dublin county. England: Red ...