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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.

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 kmò 0.7%
Population  - Total (2003 E)  - Density	Ranked 122st 3,835,000 75,05/kmò
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

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
• International rankings world-wide press freedom index Rank 15 out of 139 countries (2 way tie)
• BBC Country profile: Costa Rica

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