Costa Rica
Republica da Costa Rica

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LOCAL FACTS  

Geography, demographics, economy, history, and government (see also Research)

Form of government: Elected President, elected unicameral Legislative Assembly

Population: 3,674,490 (54% urban)

Total area: 51,000 sq. km

Languages: Spanish (official)

Religions: Roman Catholic (95%)

Per capita GDP: $6,700 p.a. (1998)

Exports: $3.9bn; coffee, bananas, textiles, sugar

Literacy: 94.8%

Life expectancy: 76.4 years (78.6f, 73.6m)

Sources

[CIA World Factbook] country data - Costa Rica

E-Conflict World Encyclopedia - Costa Rica - national anthem, flag, map, people, economy, geography, government, defence, news and weather

[Nation by Nation] country data - Costa Rica - facts, government, geography, history, human rights, people

[World Skip] country data - Costa Rica

 

MAP  

(Click on map to go to surrounding locations)

 

LOCAL DIRECTORIES  

Portals, indexes, guides, searchers, phone directories

 

 

GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS  

Executive, legislature, judiciary, ministries, departments, agencies, and commissions

Governments on the WWW - Costa Rica - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, etc

 

NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS  

Human rights & civil liberties, humanitarian aid, political parties, activism, environment, and labour

Centro de Derecho Ambiental y de los Recursos Naturales (Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center) - interest in legal issues pertaining to the environment and natural resources

Commission for the Defense of Human Rights in Central America (CODEHUCA) (Comisión para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos en Centroamérica)

Ecooperation - sustainable development based on reciprocity, equality and participation

Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) (San José) - international, independent, regional organisation created in 1957 by an initiative of UNESCO and some governments of the region, with the objective of promoting the social sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean

Fundación Paniamor - working to attain compliance of the rigths of people under the age of 18 in Costa Rica

Servicio Especial de la Mujer (SEM) (San José) - international news agency staffed by women journalists from all

over Latin America who write news articles and features with a gender perspective, in order to give women greater visibility and

present a more positive image of them in the mass media

VirillaNet - information about Costa Rican organizations and institutions working in the fields of the environment and development

 

COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS  

Education, health & public safety, religion, women, children & youth, and associations & societies

 

 

CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS  

Ethnicity, language, the arts, history & heritage, performance, costume, and literature

 

 

SPORTS & LEISURE ORGANISATIONS  

Associations, competitions, leisure, and hobbies

 

 

TRAVEL ORGANISATIONS  

Guides & advice, accommodation, attractions, transport, agents, and organisers

 

 

RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS  

Statistics, government, economy, geography, demography, and society

Essential data:

General Directorate of Statistics and censuses

[CIA World Factbook] country data - Costa Rica

[U.S. State Department] [Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs] background notes - Costa Rica

Social development:

[OneWorld.net] country database - Costa Rica - news articles selected from around the world

[U.S. Refugee Committee] World Refugee Survey country report - Costa Rica

Human rights:

[International Lesbian and Gay Association] [Country Survey - Costa Rica] - information for those working to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) rights

Governance:

Governments on the WWW - Costa Rica - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, etc

[CIA Library] [Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members] - Costa Rica

[Political Resources] - Costa Rica

[World Audit.org] national statistics and reports - Costa Rica - national statistics and reports from Freedom House, Transparency International, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists and others

[ElectionWorld.org] election results in Costa Rica

 

MEDIA ORGANISATIONS  

Newspapers & magazines, journals, television & radio, publishing, and entertainment

 

 

BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS  

Resourcing, manufacturing, distribution, trade, and regulation of goods and services

 

 

FINANCE ORGANISATIONS  

Banking, investment, insurance, stockmarkets, and market regulation