Costa Rica

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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 Jos� 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 Jos�.

Costa Rica

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National motto: Pura vida! (Popular saying)
Official language	Spanish
Capital	San Jos�
President	Abel Pacheco
Area  - Total  - % water	Ranked 125th 51,100 km� 0.7%
Population  - Total (2003 E)  - Density	Ranked 122st 3,835,000 75,05/km�
Independence  - Date	From Spain September 15, 1821
Currency	Col�n (CRC)
Time zone	UTC -6
National anthem	Noble patria, tu hermosa bandera
Internet TLD	.cr
Calling Code	506

Table of contents

1 History 2 Politics 3 Provinces 4 Geography 5 Economy 6 Demographics 7 Culture 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

• Cuisine of Costa Rica
• Music of Costa Rica

Miscellaneous topics

• Communications in Costa Rica
• Transportation in Costa Rica
• Military of Costa Rica
• Foreign relations of Costa Rica

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

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