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Costa Rica

República de Costa Rica, Republic of Costa Rica

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by Zeljko Heimer, 1 june 2001

Official Name: Republic of Costa Rica (República de Costa Rica)
Capital: San Jose
Location: Central America
Government Type: Democratic Republic
Flag adopted: 21 October 1964 (Originally adopted 27 November 1906)
Coat of Arms adopted: 21 October 1964
ISO Code: CR

The Flag
State Flag
- Construction Sheet

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Other sites:

Bandera Azul Ecológica

The Flag

The current pattern was adopted on November 27, 1906 , horizontally blue, white, red, white and blue, with proportions aprox. 1:1:2:1:1 and 2:3 proportions, with shield within a white oval near the hoist in the red stripe. The proportions were changed from 1:2 to 2:3. Only a minor modification was made on October 21, 1964, when the six stars of the shield were converted to seven stars.
Zeljko Heimer and Jaume Olle , 26 August 1996

From <upersite.incostarica.com>:
"National Flag - Costa Rica's flag was designed and constituted in the year 1848, under the presidency of Jose Maria Castro Madriz. Since that year, the flag has always been three-colored: blue, white and red, distributed among five horizontal stripes."
Dov Gutterman, 17 November 1998

From <www.costarica.com>:
"Design - The Fist Lady, Paci'fica Ferna'ndez Oreamuno, designed the flag of Costa Rica in 1848. The flag was designed after the ideals