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Costa Rica Presentation
By:SophiaBuckley
Map of Costa Rica
ThisisamapofCostaRica.ItislocatedinSouthAmerica,borderingtheCaribbeanSeaandthePacificOcean. Costa Rica is divided up into 7 provinces: San José, Alajuela, Cartago, Heredia, Puntarenas,Guanacaste,andLimór.SanJoséisthebiggestandmostpopularcity.
The Flag of Costa Rica
ThisflagbecametheofficialflagonSeptember29,1848.Onthesideoftheflag,itshowsthreevolcanoeswhichrepresentthecountry’sthreemountainswhichdividethetwooceanssurroundingCostaRica.PacíficaFernándezdesignedthisflag.
Statistics
SanJoséisthecapitalcityofCostaRica.4.857millionpeopleliveinCostaRicawithapopulaZonof1.025millionpeoplelivinginSanJosé.TheofficiallanguageinCostaRicaisSpanishbutsomeindigenouslanguagesarespokenaswell:Maléku,CabécarandBribri.ThecurrencyinCostaRicaisCostaRicancolónbutUSdollarsarealsoacceptedinmostplacesaswell.OneCostaRicancolónisequalto0.0023Canadiandollar.
Geography
CostaRicaisinCentralAmerica,borderingNicaraguaandPanama.CostaRicais51,060squarekilometersandhas40squarekilometersofwater.CostaRicahaslotsoffamousacZvevolcanoesincludingtheArenalVolcanoandtheTurriabaVolcano.Theyalsohavelotsofstreamsandriverswhichacractlotsofkayakersandraders.CostaRicaisatropicalcountrywithlotsofbeaches,jungles,riversandlakes.MaytoNovemberarerainyseasonsandDecembertoAprilareverydryseasons.
History of Costa Rica
ChristopherColumbusdiscoveredCostaRicain1502andthelandwasgiventoSpain.In1808,coffeewasintroducedfromCubaanditbecameCostaRica’smaincrop.Then,in1821,CentralAmericafinallytookCostaRica’sindependence.CostaRicabecamefullyindependentin1838.CostaRicaisaverypeacefulcountrybutdidhada6weekcivilwaroverthepresidenZalelecZonresultsin1948.CostaRicaissuchapeacefulcountrythattheyhaven'thadanaZonalarmysince1948.
Traditions and holidays
TheFesZvalofLights(alsoknowasFesZvaldelaLuz)inSanJoséisoneofthemostawaitedChristmaseventsinCostaRica.ItisheldonthesecondSaturdayofDecembereveryyear.ThefesZvalhasanextravagantparadewithbigfloats,dancersandmarchingbands.SemanaSantaisaCostaRicanholidaythatoccurstheweekleadinguptoEaster,tohonourtheresurrecZonofJesusChrist.CatholicchurchesmakehugeboldcolourfulprocessionstohonourJesusChrist.ManyparadestakeplaceduringthisZmeandsomepeopledressupascharactersfromtheBible.TheCarnivalofPuntarenasisanotherverypopularfesZvalthatisheldFebruary11-20.ThefesZvalhasfireworks,mulZplebands,paradesandtonsofothercoolacZviZes.SomanypeoplecometoseethisfesZvalthattrafficislinedupforhours.ThousandsofpeoplecometoCostaRicatoexperiencethisfesZval.
CarnivalofPuntanars
SemanaSanta
FesZvalofLights
Costa Rica Customs
Whenyousayhelloorgoodbye,itispolitetogiveakissonthecheek,orahug.TheonlyexcepZonismendonotkissmen,theywillusuallyshakehandsorgiveanonearmedhug.AnothercustomofCostaRicansistheyareusually30ormoreminuteslatetoevents.Itisnotconsideredrude,justsomethingtheydo.WhenplanninganacZvity,peoplewillsaytheZmeexpecZngyoutobelate.AthirdcustomofCostaRicansisthattheydon'tgetmadinpublic.CostaRicanswillneveryellorberudeinpublic.Theyalsoneversayno,usuallytheywilljustsaymaybeastheythinkitisrudetosayotherwise.Lastly,womenandmendressverynicely.Womenusuallyweardressesoriftheywearjeans,theywouldlikelywearheelsanddressthemup.Menwillalmostneverwearshortsandusuallywillwearnicepantsandashirt.DressingcasuallyismoreformalinCostaRica.Bothmenandwomentakeprideintheirappearance.WomenalsodressalotmoreprovocaZvelythantheydoinNorthAmericaoutsideofwork.
Famous People
SilviaPollisaCostaRicanOlympicswimmer.ShewasthefirstpersontowinCostaRicaamedalattheOlympics.Shewonasilvermedalinthe200meterfreestyleatthe1988summerOlympics.Shealsohasasisterwhohaswonagoldmetalin200meterfreestyleatthe1996Olympicgames.SilviaandhersisteraretheonlyCostaRicanswhohavewonmetalsattheOlympics.NeryBrenesisaCostaRicanrunnerwhoreachedthesemifinalsinthe400metersprintatthe2008Olympics.Hehasalsowon7goldmetalsattheCentralAmericanChampionshipsfrom2004to2011.FranklinChangDiazisaengineerandformerNasaastronaut.HealsoisthefounderandCEOofAdAstraRocketCompany.Hiswholelifehehaswantedtogotospaceandhefinallyaccomplishedthatdreamwhenhewentonaspaceshuclemissionin1986.
Food
Acasodoisaverypopularmealthathasrice,blackbeans,salad,torZllaandapieceofmeat.SomepeoplehavedifferentvariaZonsofacasodabuttheyaremostlythesamething.Thisisservedaseitherdinnerorlunch.AnotherCostaRicanfoodisagallopinto.Agallopintoisricewithredorblackbeans.ItcanbeeatenasanypartofamealandisastapleinaCostaRicandiet.Lastly,salsalizanoisaCostaRicancondimentthatisusedwhilecookingortoaddflavour.Itisservedwithmostfoodsandhasavarietyofvegetablesinit.
CasodoGalloPinto
SalsaLizano
Tourists Attractions
PoasVolcaonoNaZonalParkisoneofCostaRica'smostpopularparks.IntheparkthereisavolcanocalledPoasVolcano(hencethename).ThisvolcanoisoneofCostaRica'smostacZveandbiggestvolcanoes.AnothertouristacracZonisManuelAntonioNaZonalPark.ItislocatedonthePacificcoastinCostaRica.Ithasthreebeaches,anddifferentforesttrailswhereyoucanseemanyspeciesofanimals.IthasbeennamedoneofthemostbeauZfulbeachesintheworld.AnothertouristacracZonistheNaZonalTheatreofCostaRica.ItwasopenedonOctober211897.Itwasbuiltbythecoffeegrowerswhowantedtohavetheirownplacetosellcoffeeandtohaveabuildingthatrepresentedtheirculture.ItislocatedinSanJoséandhasamazingperformanceswithlavishinterior.
Government
CostaRicahasademocraZcrepublicangovernment.AdemocraZcgovernmentiswhenthepeopleelecttheirownlegislatureanditisalsorepublicanbecausetheheadofstateisapresidentwhoiselectedbythepeople.Every4years,naZonalelecZonsareheld.ThecurrentpresidentisLuisGuillermoSolis.ThepoliZcalsystemisdividedinto3powers:theLegislaZvePower,theExecuZvePower,andtheJudicialPower.ThecapitalcityisSanJoséwhichiswheretheparliamentis.
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