Costa Rica - From Ancient Stone Spheres to Modern Microprocessors

What is the Currency of Costa Rica?

The currency of Costa Rica is the Costa Rican Colon - one USD is worth approximately 540 Costa Rican Colon.

Where is Costa Rica?

Costa Rica is a country in Central America whose name, coined by the Spanish, means "rich coast".

Tell me about Costa Rica's Capital?

Its capital is San Jose. Looking at a map of San Jose, you cannot fail to miss the Merced District, mainly a commercial district. Other districts include Carmen, Catedral, Uruca (the second biggest district in San Jose), commonly known as "La Uruca".

Costa Rica is a land of "playa" (beaches), "montana" (mountains), "volcanes" (volcanos). Surfing in Costa Rica is awesome!

Costa Rica's Claims to Fame

Costa Rica is known for stone spheres, developed by a pre-Columbian civilization.  Intel makes microprocessors in Costa Rica. Costa Rica is known also for coffee beans. The population is 70% Catholic. Football is the most popular sport.

What kind of coastline does Costa Rica have?

Costa Rica is bordered to the West by the Pacific Ocean and to the East by the Caribbean Sea.

What is Costa Rica's Connection with Spain?

Costa Rica was a Spanish colony. In 1821, it was one of several Central American colonies that declared independence from Spain. Spanish is the official language.

What is the main airport in Costa Rica?

The largest airport in Costa Rica is Juan Santamaria (SJO) in Alajuela north of San Jose. Go to their website and "disfrutar" (relax)! The larger airlines that fly to SJO include United, American Airlines and Delta. There are also a number of landing fields around Costa Rica for local flights, some examples being La Fortuna, Tamarindo and San Vito.

What countries border Costa Rica?

Costa Rica is in Central America. To its North is Nicaragua, and to the South is Panama.

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Who Designed the Enzo Ferrari 2002?

The Enzo 2002 was designed by designer Ken Okuyama. It has a V12 engine.

Where is Ghana?

Ghana is a country in West Africa. It is bordered to the North by Burkina Faso, to the West by Cote d'Ivoire and to the East by Togo. It is to the West of Nigeria.

Ghana has extremely good commodities resources. It is the second largest cocoa producer in the world, and one of the largest gold producers in the world. Its currency is known as the Ghanaian Cedi which is divided into one hundred Ghana pesewas (Gp).

Ghana became independent from British rule in 1957 having been colonised in 1901 as part of the Gold Coast. The Gold Coast name comes from the gold resources found in the area.  Elmina was the first European settlement in West Africa. It is west of Cape Coast which was once ruled by the Swedish.

Naples

Naples, or Napoli, is the capital of the Italian region Campania, and third-largest Italian city after Rome and Milan. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

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