Costa Rica |
| Costa Rica |
| Costa Rica, un país pequeño con una gran visión - |
| Cosas Que No Sabias De Costa Rica |
| COSTA RICA. Esencial |
| Costa Rica - Madrileños por el Mundo |
| Costa Rica Cinco Sentidos - |
| Costa Rica Caminata Historica |
| Costa Rica |
| Patrimonio Cultural de Costa Rica |
| Costa Rica es un pais pacifico y sin ejercito desde 1949! Puede visitar playas, volcanes, bosque, arte, cultura y museos en sus principales ciudades. Costa Rica se encuentra entre los primeros indices de felicidad a nivel mundial, favoritos de viajes viajes y entre los primeros puestos de indice de desarrollo humano |
| Happy planet index Costa Rica es el pais mas feliz y verde del mundo de acuerdo a la Fundacion New Economics |
| Environmental Performance Index Costa Rica is ranked 5th in the world, and 1st among the Americas in 2008. |
| En 2007 el gobierno de Costa Rican anuncia el plan para ser el primer pais del mundo en ser carbono neutral para el 2021. |
| Human Development Index - Costa Rica es el lugar 54 en 2007. |
| Costa Rica Presentacion - Musica de Malpaís. Harvard Graduate School of Education Multicultural Festival in 2009 |
| Provinces |
| Rivers of Costa Rica |
| Costa Rica General Information |
| Tasa de desempleo : 6.2% (2005)
Principales tradicionales productos de exportacion : Bananos, Cafe, Azucar, Lacteos .
Recent export products: Ministerio de Comercio Exterior |
| Geography |
| Geographical Location: |
| Lattitude: 10°00'00" North of the equator |
| Long: 84°15'11" West of the Prime Meridian.
Borders / Boundaries: |
| Northwest: Nicaragua (309 km or 192 mi of border) |
| Southeast: Panamá (639 km or 397 mi of border) |
| West: Pacific Ocean - Pacific coast is 1, 016 km (631 miles) |
| East: Caribbean Sea - Caribbean coast is 212 km (132 mi)
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| Land Area: In total, Costa Rica comprises 51, 100 square kilometres (19, 700 square miles) plus 589 square kilometres (227 sq mi) of territorial waters. |
| Maximum Length: (Río Sapoa - Punta Burica): 288 miles
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| Maximum width: (Cabo Santa Elena - Boca del Río Colorado): 161 miles |
| Coastline: Total 1, 290 kilometres (800 mi) in Caribean y Pacific .
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División Territorial Administrativa / Administrative Division |
Costa Rica has been an independent country for the whole twentieth century.
Costa Rica is divided into seven provincias (provincias) .
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| 7 provincias / Provinces |
| 81 Cantones / Cantons |
| 463 Distritos / Districts
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| VOLCANOES AND MOUNTAINS |
| Highest mountain : Cerro Chirripó 3.820 m / 12, 533 ft y is the fifth highest peak in Central America Second highest mountain : Cerro Kamuk 3.549 m. / 11, 643 ft.
Active Volcanoes : Arenal, Poás, Rincón de la Vieja e Irazú.
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| Conservation |
| Costa Rica covers 0.03% of the planet's surface, contains 12 different life zones y 5% of all life forms on Earth.
Conservation Areas (Parque Nacionals, Reserves, Protected Zones y others):
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| Indigenas |
| Indigenous population : 1% Indian Reservations: 1, 240 square miles (22 reservations) Tribes (reservations) : Malekus (Guatusos), Chorotegas (Matambú), Huetares (Quitirrisí y Zapatón), Cabécares (Nairí-Awari, Chirripó, Alto de Chirripó, Tayni, Telire, Talamanca Cabécar y Ujarrás), Bribrís (Cocles, Talamanca Bribrí, Salitre y Cabagra), Teribes (Térraba), Borucas (Boruca y Curré) y Guaymies (Coto Brus, Abrojo Montezuma, Osa, Conte Burica). Indigenous languages : Maleku, Cabécar, Bribri, Guaymí y Brunca.
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| Other names of country |
Origin of name:Spanish for rich coast. Columbus thought there was gold to be found there.
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| Danish: Costa Rica |
| Dutch: Costa Rica, Republiek Costa Rica (formal) |
| English: Republic of Costa Rica (formal) |
| Finnish: Costa Rica |
| French: Costa Rica m |
| German: Costa Rica n |
| Icelandic: Kostaríka |
| Italian: Costa Rica |
| Norwegian: Costa Rica, Republikken Costa Rica (formal) |
| Portuguese: Costa Rica, República da Costa Rica (formal) |
| Spanish: Costa Rica, República de Costa Rica (formal) |
| Swedish: Costa Rica |
| Costa Rica Useful Links |
| Costa Rica Wikipedia Information |