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Costa
Rica Information and Links
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Geographically,
Costa Rica serves as a
natural land bridge connecting North and South America. Historically
it played a major role in man's migration north to south,
and the territory is still an important corridor for migrating birds and
other animals.
Located 8 degrees above the
equator, Costa Rica makes up less than .025 percent of the
world's land mass but has 5% of the earth's flora and fauna.FONT> |
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¡Vivan
siempre el trabajo y la paz! "May Work And Peace Live Forever
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Costa Rica has one of the longest lasting
democracies in the Americas and does not have an army thus lives in peace with the
world. The 4.1 million inhabitants consist of
94%
whites, 3% blacks, 1% Indigenous, 1% Chinese and others.
The majority of the population
resides in the central valley with the blacks and
Chinese mainly found on the Caribbean and indigenous in Guanacaste, the Caribbean
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Here life expectancy is 76, health care
is free and education is on par with the USA. Costa Rica is the third richest in Latin America,
with tourism being the number one industry,
the government the number one employer, and Intel is the largest
private company.
Phone: 011.506.365.9678 /
011.506.441.7837
Fax: 011.506.442.0122
email:rchoice@racsa.co.cr
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