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| National motto: Pura vida! (Popular saying) | |||||
| Official language | Spanish | ||||
| Capital | San José | ||||
| President | Abel Pacheco | ||||
| Area - Total - % water | Ranked 125th 51,100 km²To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 10,000 km² and 100,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. Areas smaller than 10,000 km² 10,000 km² is equal to: 3,863 square miles 1,000,000 h 0.7% | ||||
| PopulationFor the use of the word population in statistics, see statistical population. In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. Populations are studied in
- DensityIf you were linked from a country article: the density there is based on land area, see below Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. However it is most frequently applied to living organisms. Population density is usually ex | Ranked 122stThis is a list of countries by population . The data are from the CIA World Factbook 2003 and although not always quite up to date, at least roughly accurate. In the main list dependent or occupied areas are listed under the country which governs the area
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| IndependenceAlternate uses: see Independence (disambiguation Independence for a country, organization or branch of government is the same as self-rule, as opposed to being ruled by someone else. Establishing such independence sometimes implies a violent break-out or
- Date | From SpainThe Kingdom of Spain is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It inc
September 15, 1821 | ||||
| Currency | Colón (CRC) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC -6 | ||||
| National anthem | Noble patria, tu hermosa bandera | ||||
| Internet TLD | .cr | ||||
| Calling Code | 506 | ||||