http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/camerica/cr.htm
General
Information
History Infrastructure
Media Outlets Government Agencies Universities Embassies and Consulates
Maps and geographic Information Government
To know more
about
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cs.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica
History:
In
Pre-Columbian times the Indigenous people, in what is now known as
The
Atlantic coast, meanwhile, was populated with African slaves in the 17th and
18th centuries, although most Caribbean Costa Ricans of African ascent descend
from Jamaican workers brought in during the 19th century to work in the
construction of railways connecting the urban populations of the Central
Plateau to the port of Limon on the Caribbean coast.
During
the 19th century Italian and Chinese immigrants came to the country to work on
the construction of the railroad system as well.
Infrastructure
Railways
total: 950 km
narrow
gauge: 950 km 1.067-m gauge (260 km electrified)
Highways
total: 37,273 km
paved:
7,827 km
unpaved:
29,446 km (1998 est.)
Waterways
about
730 km, seasonally navigable
Ports and harbors
Atlantic Ocean: Moin, Puerto Limón
Pacific Ocean: Caldera, Golfito, Puerto Quepos,
Puntarenas
Airports
with paved runways
total: 28
2,438
to 3,047 m: 2
1,524
to 2,437 m: 1
914
to 1,523 m: 18
with
unpaved runways
total:
127
914
to 1,523 m: 29
under 914 m: 98 (1999 est.)
Embassies and Consulates:
Italy
5ª entrada
Barrio Los Yoses
Apdo Postal 1729, 1000-San José, Costa Rica
Teléfono: (00506) 234-2326, Fax: (00506) 225-8200
email: ambitcr@racsa.co.cr
Sitio web: www.ambitcr.com
France
Sr. Norbert Carrasco-Saulnier,
Embajador
Curridabat, del Indoor
club, 200 m sur, 25m al oeste
Apdo. 10177, 1000-San José, Costa Rica
Teléfono: (506) 234 41 67, Fax: (506) 234 41 95
email: sjfrance@racsa.co.cr
Sitio web: www.ambafrance-cr.org
The Netherlands
Sr. W.G.J.M. Wessels, Embajador
Centro Ejecutivo La Sabana (detrás de la Contraloría)
tercer edificio, tercer piso, Sabana Sur
Apartado Postal 10285, 1000 San José, Costa Rica
Teléfono: (00506) 296 1490, Fax: (00506) 296 2933
email: nethemb@racsa.co.cr
Sitio web: www.nethemb.or.cr
Canada
Sr. Louise Léger, Embajador
Detrás de la Contraloría en el deicentro
Ejecutivo La Sabana
Edificio 5 Piso 3
Apartado Postal: 351, 1007 Centro Colón, San José, Costa Rica
Teléfono: (506) 242-4400, Fax: (506) 242-4410
email: sjcra@dfait-maeci.gc.ca
Sitio web: www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/sanjose
Germany
Dr. Helmut Göckel, Embajador
Barrio Rohrmoser, de la residencia del
Embajador de España
200 m al norte y 50 m al oeste, San José
Postbox: Apartado 4017, CR-1000 San José,
Costa Rica
Teléfono (00506) 232 55 33, 232 54 50, 232 56 03 Fax (00506) 231 64 03
email: info@embajada-alemana-costarica.org
Sitio web: www.embajada-alemana-costarica.org
China
Dr. KAO-WEN
MAO, Embajador
300 metros al norte y 150 metros al este de la Iglesia Santa Teresita
Barrio Escalante,San José,Costa Rica
Apartado Postal 503, 2010-Zapote,San José,
Costa Rica
Teléfono: (506) 224-5245, 225-2510, Fax: (506) 253-0811
email: gioinfor@sol.racsa.co.cr
Sitio web: www.roc-taiwan.or.cr
Switzerland
Sra.
Gabriela Nützi, Embajadora
Edificio Centro Colón, 10° piso, Paseo Colón, San José, Costa Rica
Apartado 895, Centro Colón, 1007 San José, Costa Rica
Teléfono: 00506 221 48 29, 00506 222 32 29, 00506 233 00 52
Fax: 00506 255 28 31
email: vertretung@sjc.rep.admin.ch
Sitio web: www.eda.admin.ch/repadd/g/home/emb/land32.html
United
States
Sr. John J. Danilovich, Embajador
Calle 120 Avenida 0, Pavas, San José, Costa Rica
Apartado Postal 920, 1200 San José, Costa Rica
Teléfono: (506) 220-3939, Fax: (506) 220-2305
email: info@usEmbajada.or.cr
Sitio web: www.usEmbajada.or.cr
Czech
Mgr. Vladimír Eisenbruk, Embajador
75 mts Oeste de la Entrada Principal del Colégio Humboldt
Rohrmoser, San José, Costa Rica
Teléfono: (+506) 2321471, 2965671, Fax: (+506) 2965595
email: sanjose@Embajada.mzv.cz
Sitio web: www.czechEmbajada.org/wwwo/?zu=sanjose
Universities
Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) www.ucr.ac.cr
Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED) www.uned.ac.cr
Universidad Nacional (UNA) www.una.ac.cr
Government Agencies
(most of the information is in Spanish)
Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de
Emergencias (CNE) www.cne.go.cr
Infoagro (Sistema de Información del Sector Agropecuario Costarricense) www.infoagro.go.cr
Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados
(ICAA) www.aya.go.cr
Instituto de Desarrollo Agrario (IDA) www.ida.go.cr
Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN) www.mopt.go.cr/ign
Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) www.imn.ac.cr
Instituto Nacional de Innovación Tecnológica Agropecuaria
(INTA) www.inta.go.cr
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG) www.mag.go.cr
Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (MICIT) www.micit.go.cr
Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía (MINAE) www.minae.go.cr
Oficina Nacional Forestal
Servicio Nacional de Aguas Subterráneas, Riego y
Avenamiento (SENARA) www.senara.go.cr
Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación (SENAC)
Geographic
Information
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/camerica/cr.htm
Others sources of maps:
http://209.15.138.224/inmotico/costaricas.htm
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Government
In
April 2003 the constitutional ban on presidential re-election was reversed,
allowing Óscar Arias (Nobel Peace Prize, 1987) to run
for President for a second term. In 2006 Óscar Arias
was re-elected in tight elections, running on a platform of promoting free
trade.
Governors
appointed by the president head the country's seven provinces, but they
exercise little power. There are no provincial legislatures. Autonomous state
agencies enjoy considerable operational independence; they include the
telecommunications and electrical power monopoly, the nationalized commercial
banks, the state insurance monopoly, and the social security agency.