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Facts
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Official name: |
Republic
of Costa Rica |
| Chief
of State: |
President
Abel PACHECO (since 8 May 2002) |
Head
of Government: |
President
Abel PACHECO (since 8 May 2002) |
Independence: |
15 September 1821
(from Spain) |
National
Holiday |
Independence
Day, 15 September (1821) |
| Religion |
Roman Catholic 76.3%,
Evangelical 13.7%, other Protestant 0.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses
1.3%, other 4.8%, none 3.2% |
| Literacy |
95 % qqq |
| Government
Type: |
Democratic
Republic |
| Area: |
51,100
sq km
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| Population:
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3,834,934
(July 2002 est.)
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Capital: |
San
Jose |
Official
language: |
Spanish
(official), English spoken around Puerto Limon |
| Currency:
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Costa
Rican colon (CRC) |
| Exchange
rate: |
343.08
(January 2002) |
Industries: |
microprocessors,
food processing, textiles and clothing, construction materials,
fertilizer, plastic products |
| Natural
Resources: |
hydropower |
| GDP
per capita: |
$8,500
(2001 est.) |
| GDP
real growth: |
0.3% (2001 est.) |
| Unemployment: |
5.2%
(2000 est.)
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| Inflation: |
12.1%
(2001 est.) |
Foreign
debt: |
$4.6
billion (2001 est.) |
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