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Costa Rica




 * COSTA RICA:**


 * POPULATION: 4,707,751**


 * CAPITAL: San Jose'**


 * LANGUAGES: Spanish, English**


 * CLIMATE: Tropical; dry season (December to April); rainy season(May to November)**


 * GOV OFFICIALS: Laura Miranda**


 * MAJOR CITIES: San Jose', San Fransisco, Limon**


 * Region: Central amercia an the Carribean**


 * Currency: 1 Costa Rican colon (1)**


 * There are alot of interesting facts about Costa Rica. Some of the Costa Ricans refer to themselves at Ticos for males or Ticas for females. Costa Rica also has a population of 4.5 million and a life expectancy of 77 years of age. Thats one of the highest in the world. There is also over 800 miles of coastline that run across Costa Rica. There are seven diffrent cities that seperate Costa Rica they're San Jose, Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago, Guanacasta, Puntarenas, an Limon. Living in Costa Rica can also be dangerous because they're 121 volcanoes and only seven of them are active!.There tallest volcanoes is Irazu going to 11,259 feet.(2)**


 * Geography- Costa Rica is a Central American country lies in the middle of Nicaragua and the north of Panama all the way down to the south. It is the size of Vermont and New Hampshire combined. The Pacific Costal is very narrow, also cocos island is 10 square mile(3)**


 * Education in Costa Rica is very important. To prove it Costa Rica spends 27% of the national budget on the education for kids. Also 95% of the population is literate. Costa Rica is also very catholic. There is about 80% of Costa Ricans being Catholic. They also take it more as a tradition then being a form of faith. Also most of the festivals are religious oriented. A lot of the festivals are in honor of there patron saint Virgin de Los Angeles.(4)**




 * History of Costa Rica- Costa Rica was founded by about 4,000 Indians when Colombus went to go exploring in 1502. The country of Costa Rica's population grew very slowly they also were administrated by the Spanish province.**
 * In the 1970s oil prices started going way up, inflation also hurt the economy. since then they lowered to prices of coffee, bannnans and beef exports. (5)﻿**
 * In the 1970s oil prices started going way up, inflation also hurt the economy. since then they lowered to prices of coffee, bannnans and beef exports. (5)﻿**

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(4)http://www.top10costarica.com/about-costa-rica/costa-rica-cultural-facts/ (5)www.inforplease.com
 * Works Cited**
 * (1) [|www.countrywatch.com]**
 * (2)** **[|www.costarica.com]**
 * (3)www.info****please.com**

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