Talk:Flag of Costa Rica

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While the flag itself has undergone many changes, especially those related to the coat of arms, the background is said to have been devised by the wife of Costa Ricas's first president Juan Rafael Mora Porras and is a homage to the flag of France. The coat of arms has been deprived of any military ornaments since the country has no army.

Also if looked carefully the coat shows seven stars, not five as other Central American coat of arms do, since ex-president Jose Figueres (an staunch enemy of Nicaragua's dictator Anastasio Somoza) decided to eliminate such an explicit reference to the country's past as an state within the Central American Federation, instead the seven stars stand for Costa Rica's seven provinces. Pabloalbv

Errors
Costa Rica's first president was not Juan Rafael Mora Porras and, strictly, Costa Rica doesn't have a coat of arms, but a shield. It would be difficult to call it a coat of arms considering that there aren't any arms in it, and the removal of the two stars of it was done by 1964, when the president of Costa Rica was Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich, and not Jose Figueres.--Ornitorrinco 21:52, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Flag at all?
The article also states that there is only a civil "ensign", but not a flag, while the caption says that is the "flag and ensign"... What is the truth?... -- NIC1138 20:21, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Modifications to the national coat of arms in 1964 and 1998
Modifications to the national coat of arms has been done twice by law passed in 1964 and 1998. So,should the national flag have a reflection of these changes?74.125.185.16 (talk) 07:56, 6 February 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.190.116.123 (talk) 12:52, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Bandera vs. Pabellón Nacional
I think this article have it backwards, there is the flag with just the five bands, and there is the "Pabellón Nacional" (government flag?) used strictly for government events, offices and duties and such solemnities. So instead of focusing in the government flag, the article should focus on the regular country flag, what it deems here as civil flag. Same happens at the Costa Rica Infobox. I don't know it there is a parallel in other country for this situation, but the Pabellón Nacional would be kind of like embedding the Seal of the President in the USA flag... It doesn't represent the whole country, just a small sector of it, the government.

Check the corresponding Spanish articles Costa Rica and Bandera de Costa Rica. Where the situation is reversed, and is what to us Costaricans sounds correct, due to Civic Education courses at school. --Roqz (talk) 23:28, 18 December 2020 (UTC)