Costa Rica

The Republic of Costa Rica is a republic of Central America. Remarkably for the region, Costa Rica has stood as a bastion of stability and democracy for decades. In fact, Costa Rica has no military, only a domestic police force. The capital is San José.

• History of Costa Rica
• Geography of Costa Rica
• Demographics of Costa Rica
• Politics of Costa Rica
• Economy of Costa Rica
• Communications in Costa Rica
• Transportation in Costa Rica
• Military of Costa Rica
• Foreign relations of Costa Rica
• Culture of Costa Rica (Music of Costa Rica, Cuisine of Costa Rica)

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1 International rankings 2 Reference 3 Web links

International rankings

• world-wide press freedom index Rank 15 out of 139 countries (2 way tie)

• Much of the material in these articles comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the 2003 U.S. Department of State website.

• BBC Country profile: Costa Rica