| Capital: San Jose Population: 3,7 million people. The bulk of the population are descendants of Spanish settlers (cvyshe 80%) - Creoles. Proportion of mestizos is about 10%, blacks and mulattos - about 7%, Indian - 1% .0 Language: Spanish (official), near Puerto Limon speak English, although they possess good almost all the inhabitants of the country. Currency: Costa Rican Colon (CRC), equal to 100 cents. Banknotes in circulation 50 (green), 100 (blue-gray), 500 (orange), 1000 (red) and 5000 (blue) colons. Location: Republic of Costa Rica - a small mountainous country, situated almost in the very narrow, except for Panama, a place in Central America. It shares borders with Nicaragua and Panama. Washed by two oceans - the Pacific ... More Climate: subequatorial. On the plateau the average temperature all year is kept at +22 C. In the lowland daily temperature varies from +27 C to +33 C during the entire year. During the day may be ...More Political System: The Republican form of government. Head of state and government - the president. Legislative power is vested in a unicameral Legislative Assembly. Costa Rica is considered the most stable democratic ... More Economy: Agriculture (19% of GNP) is the most important economic sector, accounting for 70% of total exports. The main export crops: coffee, sugarcane, bananas are grown ... More Religion: Roman Catholic - 85% Protestant - 14% .0
Costa Rica - a country with strong influence of the Catholic Church. Costa Ricans very religious, and more than 90% of them profess the official religion - Catholicism, ... More History and Culture: Land of the Central American country were open man more than 12 thousand years ago, but no hurry to establish their own state, while in 1502 it is not subjugated to the Spaniards Christopher ... More Kitchen: At the core of cuisine are rice, black beans and meat. Then there are different variations with sauce, onions and vegetables. In the dish put a little spice, but also on the table is always a bottle of ketchup or chili. They taste best when Kasados ... More Transportation: Transportation: Domestic transport - varied. The aircraft can be very useful because despite the small size of the country, the movement on it may be difficult climate, terrain and road conditions ... More Regions, cities, resorts of the country: the most attractive for the majority of tourists are magnificent and diverse beaches of Costa Rica. In the province of Guanacaste (Nicoya Peninsula), the most famous beaches, "Del Coco", "Ermoza," "Flamingo, ... more The situation in the real estate market: Costa Rica - rich country of the Caribbean. In her vast number of tropical reserves and offshore areas, endless sandy beaches on the Pacific coast, and summer all year round. ... If more Useful information: Time: Central European nine o'clock in the summer and ten in winter.
Price: Costa Rica - rather cheap country. At the most modest requests can get away with $ 12 a day for two. If you want to be ... more |
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