Coat of arms of Costa Rica Girls in parade with the Costa Rican flag The national flag of Costa Rica (Spanish: Bandera de Costa Rica, lit. ‘Flag of Costa Rica’) is based on a design created in 1848 and consists of two blue stripes, two white stripes, and a central red stripe which is twice as wide as each of the other four. The civil flag omits the coat of arms seen on the state flag, since …
