Know Costa Rica

Costa Rica is a Central American country. Bordered on the north by Nicaragua and Panama to the southeast. Its territory is bordered on the east by the Caribbean Sea, which has maritime boundary with Nicaragua, Colombia and Panama and west by the Pacific Ocean. Its capital, political and economic center is San Jose. The official language is Spanish.Also known as the Switzerland of Central America.

Costa Rica is one of the most consolidated democracies in Latin. It is the only Latin American country included in the list of the 22 oldest democracies in the world. He won worldwide recognition to abolish the army on December 1, 1948, abolition was perpetuated in the 1949 Constitution. Costa Rica ranks third worldwide in the classification of environmental performance index 2009.Entre Latin American countries, Costa Rica ranks first in the classification of tourism competitiveness index, and place 42 worldwide.Human development index is the sixth best in Latin America.

Ranks third in Latin America following the index of quality of life and the second as the Global Competitiveness Index after Chile. The World Bank Development Costa Rica is the fourth largest exporter of world class technology behind the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore. In 2007, the Government of Costa Rica announced plans to become the world's first carbon neutral country by 2021 when it fulfilled its bicentennial as a nation. According to the New Economics Foundation, Costa Rica ranks first in the Happy Planet Index (HPI) and is the "greenest" countries in the world.

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