Costa Rica
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| Naitional motto: "Vivan siempre el trabajo y la paz" (Spanish) "Long live work and peace" |
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.svg) Location o Costa Rica (Green)
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| Offeecial leid | Spainyie | ||||
| Caipital | San José | ||||
| Lairgest ceety | capital | ||||
| Govrenment Heid o State - |
Presidential republic President Laura Chinchilla |
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| Area | 51,100 | ||||
| Population | 4,253,897 | ||||
| Foondin | September 15, 1821 | ||||
| Siller | Costa Rican colón | ||||
| Time zone | UTC-6 | ||||
| Naitional anthem | Noble patria, tu hermosa bandera (Spanish) Noble homeland, your beautiful flag 1 |
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| Internet TLD | .cr | ||||
| Cawin code | +506 | ||||
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Costa Rica (pronounced /ˌkoʊstə ˈriːkə/ (
listen)), offeecially the Republic o Costa Rica (Spainyie: Costa Rica or República de Costa Rica, Template:IPA-es) is a kintra in Central Americae, bordered bi Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the soothaest, the Pacific Ocean to the wast an sooth an the Caribbean Sea to the aest.
Costa Rica, which means "Rich Coast", constitutionally abolished its army permanently in 1949 thus becoming militarily neutral. It is the only Latin American kintra included in the list of the world’s 22 older democracies. Costa Rica has consistently been among the top Latin American kintrass in terms o the Human Development Index, an ranked 54th in the warld in 2007. The kintras is ranked 3rd in the warld, an 1st among the Americaes, in terms o the 2010 Environmental Performance Index.
