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- The men and women of Costa Rica are called Ticos.
-Costa Rica has the highest literacy rates in all of Latin America.
- Costa Rica hosts more than 5% of the world’s biodiversity even though its landmass only takes up .03% of the planets surface.
- The average wage laborer is about $10 per day, the highest in Central America.
- Costa Rica has its own currency (the Colon).
- There are about 750,000 species of insects that live in Costa Rica, including about 20,000 different types of spiders!  Also, more than 10% of the worlds butterflies live here.

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The Coordinates are 9.7489° N, 83.7534° W

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The Capitol City of Costa Rica is San Jose'

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GALLO PINTO. Literally meaning "painted rooster," Gallo pinto is a favorite rice-and-beans concoction that is commonly considered the national dish of Costa Rica

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Literacy rate is 98%; Life Expectancy is 79.83 years old; Population is 4.906 million; Fertility rate is 1.78 births per woman; Official language is Spanish.

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The Pacific coast around Guanacaste, on the other hand is hot and dry, perfect for the many world-class beaches. Costa Rica itself has an average temperature of 70 F to 81 F. Due to its proximity to the equator, it has no real summer or winter. It does however have a rainy season from May to November.

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Colonization:The colonial period began when Christopher Columbus reached the eastern coast of Costa Rica on his fourth voyage on September 18, 1502. Numerous subsequent Spanish expeditions followed, eventually leading to the first Spanish colony in Costa Rica, Villa Bruselas, founded in 1524. Independence: Following the Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821), Costa Rica became part of the independent Mexican Empire in 1821. Subsequently, Costa Rica was part of the Federal Republic of Central America in 1823, before gaining full independence in 1838.

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Costa Rica is a Presidential Republic. A presidential system is a democratic and republican system of government where a head of government leads an executive branch that is separate from the legislative branch. This head of government is in most cases also the head of state, which is called president.

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Costa Rica's terrain shifts between hills, valleys, forests, mountains, volcanoes, wetlands and plains. Some key land forms are volcanoes and valleys.

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Spanish is the official language of Costa Rica. English is also spoken in Costa Rica.

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Roman Catholic 71.8%, Evangelical and Pentecostal 12.3%, other Protestant 2.6%, Jehovah's Witness 0.5%, other 2.4%, none 10.4%.