United States of Central America

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• Greater Republic of Central America
• United States of Central America

See also:

• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Hondura
• Nicaragua
• Panama

Greater Republic of Central America

flag

contributed by Fred Drews 9 September 1999

coat of arms

contributed by Fred Drews 9 September 1999

United States of Central America

Flags (1823)

1) contributed by Fred Drews

2) contributed by Fred Drews

Coat of Arms

contributed by Fred Drews

The flags of Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Costa Rica are all based on the blue-white-blue tricolour of the United States of Central America, which was dissolved 1838-9.
Paul Adams 29 November 1995

Costa Rica put the red in [in 1848] to differentiate it from the other three with the horizontal blue stripes; Guatemala turned the stripes and made them vertical. At one time in the 19th century Costa Rica used blue flag with a thin white cross with a red canton and several stars (no clue as to the number).
John Andrew Lowe 29 November 1995