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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. 1824–1838 Second 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 1824–1849
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 .
As such, the land of present Costa Rica was covered by the various flags of the Spanish Empire until 1823. Costa Rica was part of the Federal Republic of Central America (originally known as the "United Provinces of Central America"), a sovereign state in Central America, which consisted of the territories of the former Captaincy General of ...
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.
This is an alphabetical list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas.It comprises three regions, Northern America (Canada and the United States), the Caribbean (cultural region of the English, French, Dutch, and Creole speaking countries located on the Caribbean Sea) and Latin America (nations that speak Spanish and Portuguese).
Only countries which are currently sovereign states are listed, although the flag may have been adopted before the countries gained independence. The listed countries may have undergone fundamental regime changes, great geographical changes or even temporarily lost autonomy, or undergone political unions or secessions. If the flag remained in ...
Throughout history, elements within flags have been used to symbolize rulers, dynasties, territories, militaries, and peoples of their respective countries. [5] Flags also conceptually represent a country's core values, such as group membership and love for the country. [6]
Costa Rica [n 2] Republic of Costa Rica CRI Spanish: Costa Rica — República de Costa Rica: San José: 5,153,957 51,100 km 2 (19,730 sq mi) Costa Rican colón: Cuba Republic of Cuba CUB Spanish: Cuba — República de Cuba: Havana: 11,256,372 110,860 km 2 (42,803 sq mi) Cuban peso Cuban convertible peso: Dominica [n 1] Commonwealth of ...