COSTA RICACOSTA RICA

  The population from Costa Rica

belongs to 4,509,290 inhabitants.

The territorial division of Costa Rica understands seven subdivided countries in 81 cantons and 463 districts.

GENERALITIESGENERALITIES

46.8% of the domestic total surface is covered with forests, approximately 25% of the territory is protected.

With so alone 0.03% of the world terrestrial surface, Costa Rica possesses 6% of the biodiversity of our planet approximately.

The good known Costa Rican popular sentence is Pura vida!.

The Costa Ricans are also well-known as ticos, from 1856, in that began to be called this way by the Nicaraguans.

CULTURECULTURE AND AND CUSTOMCUSTOM

The sport more practiced by the Costa Ricans it is the soccer. The soccer is the sport with more liking in Costa Rica.

The “gallo pinto” is a Costa Rican traditional meal. This is served in the breakfasts.

The Crater of the Volcano Poás is one of the favorite destinations of the foreign tourists.

The eco- t0urist is extremely popular among the foreign tourists that visit the wide quantity of national parks and protected areas that exist for the whole country.

TOURIST TOURIST DESTINATIONSDESTINATIONS

In Costa Rica if you want to enjoy some vacations, it can visit beaches of great beauty, national parks, to carry out mountain walks and rivers.

Carmen Granados, known by all the Costa Ricans as the “Alma National”, it has been one famous folklorist, outstanding composer, humorist, speaker, poet, commentator, artist.

OUTSTANDING OUTSTANDING CHARACTERSCHARACTERS

Carmen Lyra. She popularized its alias by means of the stories.  It was the creator of the famous literary work “Cuentos de mi Tia Panchita.”

Lencho Salazar. Without a doubt, Lencho is the most important figure in the humorous typical song from our country. Faithful to the oral tradition of the stories and our grandparents.

Special olympics

Special olympics are a program that it demonstrates the capacity to reach the success of people with physical limitatations.

-Nery Brenes.

- The sisters Poll, Silvia y . Claudia.

- Alejandro Morera Soto -José Rafael "Fello" Meza

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Athletes from Costa Rica

Thank you for their attention!Thank you for their attention!