Costa Rica Flag

How to identify it

Blue, white, red, white, blue horizontal bands with the wide red band in the middle. Thailand is the same arrangement with the blue and red swapped.

Design and construction

Adoption and legal status

The five-band flag was adopted in 1848; the state version’s arms were later revised several times.

History of the design

The central red band is twice the width of each blue or white band. Civil flags are plain, while state flags carry the arms toward the flagpole.

Similar flags

Compare the details that separate these designs.

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  Thailand

  Thailand has a wide blue centre band; Costa Rica has a wide red centre band and narrower blue outer bands.

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