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Located in central American, north of Nicaragua and south of Panama, stands a small pieces of land surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean is Costa Rica.

Costa Rica was discovered September 15, 1502 by Christopher Columbus while seeking shelter, it became a country September 15 1821 after declaring its independence.

San Jose is the capital of costa Rica and the biggest city with the population of 350,000 people, costa Rica is known for so many great things including, their biodiversity, food and most there exceptional waters.

Costa Rica alone has a population of 5.23 million people and 90% of that speak Spanish and know it as there first language.

the photo above represents the Costa Rica flag, the flag has two blue lines on the top and bottom, then two white lines after that and then one large red line in the middle.

Costa Rica is a very exotic, beautiful, big country and a great place to visit for a get away.

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Costa Rica is very beautiful and exotic, but it also has its down side. Costa Rica's current crime rate has increased in the past year alone, the homicide rate went from 11.7 percent to a whopping 17.2 percent. The rate of trafficking and gang clashes over drugs have increased in the pasted two years to about 36 percent, and many other lager crimes that have lager percentages. Most of the crime takes places in the capital of costa, San Jose and this is where most of the crimes i've explained taken place. This is just the social advents, Costa Rica still is in threat when it comes to weather problems, finically issues and more.

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Costa Rica is know for many things, one big thing being their traditions. some traditions they have we share, for example, Christmas and independence day but they celebrate differently. On Christmas eve night, costa Rica has this this big festival called Misa de Gallo ( mass of the rooster) where family's will share big feast and socialize with one other, then at the end, everyone will go to church and will honor god by praying till the next morning. these are just two traditions that we share by name, costa Rica has many other traditions to, example being national orchid show, where more then 300 hundred are bloomed and beautiful, and other traditions like fiestas de palmares, that is one of the longest festivals in costa Rica, held up for almost 2 weeks. this festival is held to signify the start of summer, there is food, live music, bull riding and so much more. costa Rica's traditions and huge and different t but in my opinion very worth trying.

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From the cutler to the traditions, the towns and the food, costa Rica is a very equine country and a great place to visit. costa Rica has many exotic, beautiful places including many waterfalls, forests, beaches, volcanos and more. Costa Rica is known for there exceptional waters, costa Rica has very clear or blue waters, many of their beaches are perfect scuba diving, paddle boarding or even just for swiming. In costa Rica there are many hiking trills, some have beautiful, big waterfalls, others have long bridges that you walk across and all around you is filled with big trees and nature sounds. Some trails lead to massive volcanos thats have beautiful landscapes. These are just a couple of things to do in costa Rica but there ae so much more.

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Costa Rica is known for many things, one being there verity of food. From seasonings to spices, different choices of beans, multiply different stews, many meat options and so much more. A lot of Costa Rica's dishes consisted of some sort of bean and rice, usually there will be some kind of cabbage and dried tomato, and some meat whether that's pork or chicken. main meals in Costa Rica all reflected off of the Mexican food cultches, foods including tamales, empanadas, tes leche's and many more. some popular dishes include stuff with sea food and vegetables, this meal is called Ceviche. Other meals consisted of a rice base with things like egg, vegetables, beans, meat and usually so kind of plantain. these are just few of all the delicious food there are so many more.

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Music is a big part of culture, and in Costa Rica, is its own culture. Music in Costa Rica includes a lot of Reggae, salsa, Calypso and more. Costa Rica will have giant music festivals, were people from all over Costa Rica and more will dance, eat, and have fun, A lot of their music is in a Latin language, so if you know, songs like Despacito or Mi Gente that’s a lot of music that they listen to. When it comes down to dancing, salsa dancing as a big thing in Costa Rica. Aside from salsa there’s other dance, including folk dancing, where people are dancing with the people at festivals or Cumbia dancings, that has more of a beat for hip hop or fast paste. Some outfits for some dancers include big, long, over the top dresses and others include baggy pants and tank tops. Music and dancing is a big part of culture, and Costa Rica honors it for what it is.

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Ive been talking about how unqie and exotic Costa Rica is, from the traditions and culter, to the food and music, the sights, smells and sounds, there is so much charater to the country. Getting to learn about costa rica was very exciding every step of the way, Costa Rica is an incredible country with so much love to it. The beauiful rainforests, sparkely clear beachs, diversed wildlife and so much more, makes this country, well its country. If I had to pick my fav part about this project, it would problay be the outdoor life. when I say that I mean, the beauiful beaches, all the exotic trails and all the animales. If I had the chance to visit Costa Rica, I would probalay go to there phenomenal beaches and play mermaids. I think everyone should atleast visit costa rica once in their life or atleast do your own resreach about the place and find out if it's a place you would go see.

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Sports in Costa Rica are not much differentfrom sport we have in the u.s, for exampe, futbol is soccer for them. Futbol is a big sport for Costa Rica and on of the most known sports too. Another sport that is known and famos for in Costa Rica is compeitive surfing. Costa Rica's water are know to be exceptionaly for water sports. There are many other sports including martail arts like boxing and taekwondo, some other sports that inculde balls, like basketball and vollyball. there are many more but those are just a few.