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Liberia (Guanacaste, Costa Rica)

image from Wikimedia Commons, 30 May 2025
Sources: 1 saved from Facebook
and other images at [2], [3], and [4].

Flag & Overview
Coat of Arms
Possibly Erroneous Version of the Flag

See also:

Other Sites:

www.liberia.co.cr
located by Olivier Touzeau, 4 March 2003

Flag & Overview

The provincial capital, Liberia, whose origins are prior to 1769, also has a flag. In 1769 there was the first historical references of the settlement and in 1836 it was granted the statute of city.
Jaume Ollé, 28 October 2002

According to periodicocomensaje.com:
The flag was designed by Vera Blandón de Rodríguez and adopted on 4 September 1969, taking inspiration from the crossroads in the center of the city that have distinguished it as an important development hub in the country. Over a golden field representing corn, rice, and sorghum when ripe, there is a black "X" shape symbolizing it as the crossroads between, Rivas, Esparza, and Nicoya, defining Liberia's identity greatly especially in the past. In the center is a white circle, reading in its outer ring: "1769 - 1836" in red letters, the year it was founded and the year it became a city, respectively. In the center of the white circle is "LIBERIA", also in red.
Daniel Rentería, 24 June 2025

Coat of Arms

image contributed by Fred Drews, 26 March 2006

Possibly Erroneous Version of the Flag

image by Jaume Ollé, 28 October 2002
NOTE: There is no evidence that this version existed, but may have in the past; it is unconfirmed.

The flag is incorrect, the yellow color and central circles. It has been confused.
Alejandro Soto, 30 May 2025