File:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg

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Summary

Description

English: Flag constructed according [1]; using non-traced, pure SVG coat of arms obtained from Image:Coat of arms of Costa Rica.svg, xrmap flag collection 2.9. The emblem is very important it signifies different places and things in Costa Rica.

Français : Drapeau du Costa Rica.

Español: Bandera de Costa Rica

Italiano: Bandiera della Costa Rica.

Date

1998-prersent.

Source

Government of Costa Rica.
CONSTRUCTION SHEET: FLAGS OF THE WORLD.

Author

See File history below for details.

Permission
(Reusing this file)

This work was first published in Costa Rica and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Law Nº 6683 - Copyright and Neighboring Rights Law, enacted 1982, amended 2021 (details). The work meets one of the following criteria:

It is an anonymous work or pseudonymous work and 70 years have passed since the date of its publication (or creation, whatever date is the latest)
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It is one of "constitutions, laws, decrees, municipal decisions, regulations and other public instruments"

OR

It is a work produced by a public official in the performance of their duties, in accordance with Article 18 of the Law Nº 10554 - Framework Law on Access to Public Information, enacted October 23, 2024.

This work is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.

This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

Other versions

Current flags and coats of arms
State flag (1998-present)
State flag (1998-present, 3:2 ratio version)
Civil flag (1906-present)
Civil flag (1906-present, 3:2 ratio version)
Coat of arms

Historical flags
↑ September, 1821 – June 6, 1823
↑ June 6, 1823 – March 4, 1824
↑ March 4 – November 2, 1824
↑ November 2–22, 1824
↑ November 22, 1824 – November 15, 1840
↑ April 21, 1840 – April 20, 1842
↑ September, 1842 – November 12, 1848
↑ November 12, 1848 – November 27, 1906
↑ 1906–1964
↑ 1964–1998

Historical coats of arms
Coat of Arms of the Federal Republic of Central America from 1823 to November, 1824
Coat of Arms of the Federal Republic of Central America from November 1824 to November 1840
Coat of Arms of the State of Costa Rica within the Federal Republic of Central America from 2 November 1824 to 15 November 1840. Also used again by the independent state of Costa Rica from September, 1842 to September, 1848
Coat of arms of the independent State of Costa Rica from April 1840 to April, 1842
Coat of arms of Costa Rica from September, 1848 to November, 1906
Coat of arms of Costa Rica from November, 1906 to 1964
Coat of arms of Costa Rica from 1964 to 1998