Costa Rica

Stone spheres Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in the Central American region of North America. Costa Rica is bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as maritime border with Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around five million in a land area of . An estimated 333,980 people live in the capital and largest city, San José, with around two million people in the surrounding metropolitan area.

The sovereign state is a unitary presidential constitutional republic. It has a long-standing and stable democracy and a highly educated workforce. The country spends roughly 6.9% of its budget (2016) on education, compared to a global average of 4.4%. Its economy, once heavily dependent on agriculture, has diversified to include sectors such as finance, corporate services for foreign companies, pharmaceuticals, and ecotourism. Many foreign manufacturing and services companies operate in Costa Rica's Free Trade Zones (FTZ) where they benefit from investment and tax incentives.

Costa Rica was inhabited by indigenous peoples before coming under Spanish rule in the 16th century. It remained a peripheral colony of the empire until independence as part of the First Mexican Empire, followed by membership in the Federal Republic of Central America, from which it formally declared independence in 1847. Following the brief Costa Rican Civil War in 1948, it permanently abolished its army in 1949, becoming one of only a few sovereign nations without a standing army.

The country has consistently performed favorably in the Human Development Index (HDI), placing 58th in the world , and fifth in Latin America. It has also been cited by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as having attained much higher human development than other countries at the same income levels, with a better record on human development and inequality than the median of the region. It also performs well in comparisons of democratic governance, press freedom, subjective happiness and sustainable wellbeing. It has the 8th freest press according to the Press Freedom Index, it is the 35th most democratic country according to the Freedom in the World index and is the 23rd happiest country in the 2023 World Happiness Report. It is also a major tourist destination in the continent. Provided by Wikipedia
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    San Jośe, Costa Rica : [Impr. Nacional.
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    San José : Imprenta de la República.
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    San José, Costa Rica : Tipografía Lehmann (Sauter & Co.), 1913.
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    Published 1832
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    Published 1914
    San José, Costa Rica : Tipografía Lehmann, 1914.
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    San José, Costa Rica : Tipografía Lehmann (Sauter & cía.), 1913.
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    San José, Costa Rica : Tipografía Lehmann (Sauter & Co.), 1914.
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    San José, Costa Rica : Tipografía Lehmann, 1913.
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    Published 1915
    San José de Costa Rica : Tipograpfía Nacional, 1915.
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    Published 1880
    San José [Costa Rica] : Imprenta Nacional, [1880?]
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    Published 1913
    San José, Costa Rica : Tipografía Lehmann, 1913.
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    Published 1887
    San José : Imprenta Nacional, 1887.
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    Published 1916
    San José, Costa Rica : Tipografía Lehmann (Sauter & Co.), 1916.
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    Published 1935
    [Costa Rica?] : [publisher not identified], [1935]
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    Published 1984
    San José, Costa Rica : Imprenta Nacional, 1984.
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    San José : Imprenta de la República.
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    San José : Imprenta Nacional.
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    Published 1905
    San José, Costa Rica : Tipografía nacional, 1905.
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