🎨The colours have meanings: blue for the sky and opportunities, white for peace and wisdom, and red for the warmth of the people and their courage.
🏛️This is the everyday version of the flag. The government's version has Costa Rica's coat of arms in the red stripe, showing mountains, ships and a sunrise.
🦥Costa Rica is famous for its rainforests and wildlife — it's home to sloths, toucans and monkeys, and has no army.
🌎The stripe pattern was inspired by the flag of France, which is why Costa Rica added red to its earlier blue-and-white design in 1848.