Costa Rica
Costa Rica (pronounced /ˌkoʊstə ˈriːkə/ (deprecatit template)), offeecially the Republic o Costa Rica (Spaingie: Costa Rica or República de Costa Rica, pronoonced: [reˈpuβlika ðe ˈkosta ˈrika]) is a kintra in Central Americae, bordered bi Nicaragua tae the north, Panama tae the soothaest, the Paceefic Ocean tae the wast an sooth an the Caribbean Sea tae the east.
Republic o Costa Rica República de Costa Rica | |
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| Caipital | San José 9°56′N 84°5′W / 9.933°N 84.083°W |
| Lairgest ceety | capital |
| Offeecial leids | Spaingie |
| Recognised regional leids | |
| Ethnic groups (2011[1]) | |
| Releegion | Roman Catholicism |
| Demonym(s) | |
| Govrenment | Unitar presidential constitutional republic |
• Preses | Luis Guillermo Solís |
| Helio Fallas Venegas | |
| Ana Helena Chacón Echeverría | |
| Legislatur | Legislative Assembly |
| Unthirldom declared | |
• frae Spain | 15 September 1821 |
• frae First Mexican Empire | 1 Julie 1823 |
• frae the Unitit Provinces o Central Americae | 1838 |
• Recognisit bi Spain | 10 Mey 1850 |
• Constitution | 7 November 1949[2] |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 51,100 km2 (19,700 sq mi) (128t) |
• Water (%) | 0.7 |
| Population | |
• 2011 census | 4,586,353[3] |
• Density | 84[3]/km2 (217.6/sq mi) (107t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate |
• Total | $74.324 billion[4] |
• Per capita | $15,365[4] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2015 estimate |
• Tot | $52.800 billion[4] |
• Per capita | $10,916[4] |
| Gini (2009) | 40.7[5] medium |
| HDI (2014) |  0.766[6]heich · 69th |
| Currency | Costa Rican colón (CRC) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| Drivin side | right |
| Cawin code | +506 |
| ISO 3166 code | CR |
| Internet TLD | .cr |
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Costa Rica, which means "Rich Coast", constitutionally abolisht its airmy permanently in 1949 sicweys becomin militarily neutral. It is the anerlie Laitin American kintra includit in the leet o the warld’s 22 aulder democracies. Costa Rica haes consistently been amang the tap Latin American kintras in terms o the Human Development Index, an rankit 69t in the warld in 2011. The kintra is rankit 5t in the warld, an 1st amang the Americaes, in terms o the 2012 Environmental Performance Index.
References
eedit- ↑ "Censo Nacional 2011". Archived frae the original on 27 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 17 Februar 2016.
- ↑ Central Intelligence Agency (2011). "Costa Rica". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Archived frae the original on 7 Januar 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ↑ a b El Financiero (20 Mairch 2013). "Costa Rica tiene 4,6 millones de habitantes, según corrección del Censo 2011" (in Spanish). El Financiero, Costa Rica. Retrieved 23 Mey 2013.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ a b c d "Costa Rica". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2011.
- ↑ "2015 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
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