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Republic of Costa Rica República de Costa Rica (Spanish) | |
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| Anthem: "Himno Nacional de Costa Rica" (Spanish) "National Anthem of Costa Rica" | |
| ISO 3166 code | CR |
Costa Rica, officially theRepublic of Costa Rica, is a country inCentral America. It bordersNicaragua to the north, theCaribbean Sea to the northeast,Panama to the southeast, and thePacific Ocean to the southwest, sharing amaritime border withEcuador to the south ofCocos Island. It has a population of around five million0 in a land area of nearly 51,180 km2 (19,760 sq mi); the capital and largest city isSan José, home to around 350,000 residents and two million people in the surrounding metropolitan area.
Humans havebeen present in Costa Rica since between7,000 and10,000 BC. Variousindigenous peoples lived in the territory before it wascolonized by Spain in the 16th century. Costa Rica was a peripheral colony of the Spanish Empire until independence in 1821 as part of theFirst Mexican Empire, followed by membership in theFederal Republic of Central America in 1823, from which it formally declared independence in 1847. The country underwent gradual modernization under relatively stable authoritarian rule until the late 19th century, when it promulgated a liberal constitution and held the first free and fair national election in Central America.
Following abrief civil war in 1948, Costa Rica adopted itscurrent constitution in 1949, which granteduniversal suffrage, provided various social, economic, and educational guarantees for all citizens, and permanentlyabolished the army, becoming one of the few sovereignnations without a standing military. Costa Rica is apresidential republic with a robust and stable democracy. About one-fourth of the national budget is spent on education—which has been free and compulsory since 1886—equal to about 6.2% of the country's GDP, compared to a global average of 3.8%; Theeconomy, once heavily dependent on agriculture, has diversified to include finance, corporate services for foreign companies, pharmaceuticals, andecotourism. (Full article...)
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Juan Santamaría International Airport (Spanish:Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría) (IATA:SJO,ICAO:MROC) is the primaryinternational airport servingSan José, the capital ofCosta Rica. Theairport is located inAlajuela Province, 20 kilometres (12 mi; 11 nmi) northwest of downtown San José. It is named after Costa Rica's national hero,Juan Santamaría, adrummer boy who died in 1856 defending his country against forces led byWilliam Walker, an Americanfilibuster. It is the biggest and busiest airport in Costa Rica and second in Central America, transiting more than 5 million passengers per year before COVID.
The airport is a hub forAvianca Costa Rica,Costa Rica Green Airways,Sansa Airlines, andVolaris Costa Rica, and a focus city forAvianca El Salvador andCopa Airlines. It was the country's only international gateway for many years, before the opening of theinternational airport in Liberia, Guanacaste. Both airports have direct flights to North and Central America and Europe, but Juan Santamaría International Airport also serves cities in South America and the Caribbean. (Full article...)
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