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Friday, May 28, 2010

Costa Rica


Costa RicaCOSTA RICA is a rainforested country and popular tourist spot located in Central America. Costa Rica's bordering countries are Nicaragua and Panama. It also borders the Caribbean Sea on the right coast and the Pacific Ocean on the left coast. The capital is San José, which has almost 900,000 residents. There is a volcano named Volcán Irazú just to the right of the capital. Also, Costa Rica is known as Rich Coast in Spanish - the country's official language. The currency is the Costa Rican Colón, and its ISO 4217 currency code is CRC.

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