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Costa Rica Country Data

Area: total: 51,100 sq km
land: 50,660 sq km
water: 440 sq km
note: includes Isla del Coco

Climate: tropical and subtropical dry season [December to April] rainy season [May to November] cooler in highlands

Terrain: coastal plains separated by rugged mountains including over 100 volcanic cones, of which several are major volcanoes

Natural resources: hydropower

Population: 4,195,914 [July 2008 est.]

Age structure: 0-14 years: 27.2% [male 584,782/female 557,952]
15-64 years: 66.8% [male 1,416,456/female 1,384,692]
65 years and over: 6% [male 116,461/female 135,571] [2008 est.]

Nationality: noun: Costa Rican[s]
adjective: Costa Rican

Ethnic groups: white [including mestizo] 94%, black 3%, Amerindian 1%, Chinese 1%, other 1%

Languages: Spanish [official], English

Capital: name: San Jose
geographic coordinates: 9 56 N, 84 05 W
time difference: UTC-6 [1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time]

National holiday: Independence Day, 15 September [1821]

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 8.6%
industry: 29.4%
services: 62.1% [2007 est.]

Labor force: 1.92 million
note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica [2007 est.]

Budget: revenues: $3.976 billion
expenditures: $3.808 billion [2007 est.]

Agriculture - products: bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes beef timber

Industries: microprocessors, food processing, medical equipment, textiles and clothing, construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products

Exports: $9.268 billion [2007 est.]

Exports - commodities: bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar seafood electronic components, medical equipment

Exports - partners: US 27.5%, Netherlands 12.2%, China 11.7%, UK 6.2%, Mexico 5.8% [2006]

Imports: $12.26 billion [2007 est.]

Imports - commodities: raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum, construction materials

Imports - partners: US 41.2%, Venezuela 5.4%, Mexico 5.2%, Ireland 5%, Japan 4.9%, Brazil 4.3%, China 4.1% [2006]

Currency (code): Costa Rican colon [CRC]

Exchange rates: Costa Rican colones per US dollar - 519.53 [2007], 511.3 [2006], 477.79 [2005], 437.91 [2004], 398.66 [2003]

Airports: 151 [2007]

Railways: total: 278 km
narrow gauge: 278 km 1.067-m gauge
note: none of the railway network is in use [2007]

Merchant marine: total: 1 ship [1000 GRT or over] 1,058 GRT/255 DWT
by type: passenger/cargo 1 [2007]

Ports and terminals: Caldera, Puerto Limon

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