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Costa Rica

The Republic of Costa Rica is a republic of Central America. Remarkably for the region, Costa Rica has stood as a bastion of stability and democracy since the minor civil war of the late 1940s that brought President José Figueres Ferrer to power. In fact, Costa Rica has no military, only a domestic police force (albeit a heavily armed one). The capital is San José.

República de Costa Rica


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National motto: Pura vida! (Popular saying)

Official language

Spanish

Capital

San José

President

Abel Pacheco

Area
- Total
- % water

Ranked 125th
51,100 km²
0.7%

Population

- Total (2004 E)

- Density

Ranked 122st

4,159,757
81.40/km²

Independence
- Date

From Spain
September 15, 1821

Currency

Colón (CRC)

Time zone

UTC -6

National anthem

Noble patria, tu hermosa bandera

Internet TLD

.cr

Calling Code

506

Contents

8 Miscellaneous topics

9 Reference

10 External links

History

Main article: History of Costa Rica

Politics

Main article: Politics of Costa Rica

Provinces

Main article: Provinces of Costa Rica

Geography

Main article: Geography of Costa Rica

Economy

Main article: Economy of Costa Rica

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Costa Rica

Culture

Main article: Culture of Costa Rica

Miscellaneous topics

Reference

Much of the material in these articles comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the 2003 U.S. Department of State website.

External links

The biggest and most detailed web-page about Costa Rica in Europe (http://www.kostaryka.org/central2489)
International rankings world-wide press freedom index (http://www.rsf.fr/article.php3?id_article=4116) Rank 15 out of 139 countries (2 way tie)
BBC Country profile: Costa Rica (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/country_profiles/1166587.stm)

Countries in North America
Antigua and Barbuda \| Bahamas \| Barbados \| Belize \| Canada \| Costa Rica \| Cuba \| Dominica \| Dominican Republic \| El Salvador \| Grenada \| Guatemala \| Haiti \| Honduras \| Jamaica \| Mexico \| Nicaragua \| Panama \| Saint Kitts and Nevis \| Saint Lucia \| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines \| Trinidad and Tobago \| United States
Dependencies: Anguilla \| Aruba \| Bermuda \| Cayman Islands \| Greenland \| Guadeloupe \| Martinique \| Montserrat \| Netherlands Antilles \| Puerto Rico \| Saint-Pierre and Miquelon \| Turks and Caicos Islands \| U.S. Virgin Islands \| British Virgin Islands

Organization of American States (OAS)

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