Costa Rica

By: Andrew Lizer

Marissa Wallace

Alyssa Saam

Gobierno

• Capital: San Jose• Presidente:

– President Oscar ARIAS Sanchez (since 8 May 2006)

• Tipo de Gobierno:– democratic

republic

Tiempo

• Weather: Tropical• Dry Season: (December to April) • Rainy Season: (May to November) • Average temperature: 80 °F, to 69 °F

Gente y Religon

• Gente: • Population:4,253,877 • Age:

– 0-14 years: 26.7% 15-64 years: 67.1% 65 years and over: 6.2%

• Ethnic:– white 94%, – black 3%, – Amerindian 1%, – Chinese 1%, – other 1%

• Idiomas: Spanish & English

• Religions: – Roman Catholic: 76.3%– Evangelical: 13.7%– Jehovah’s Witnesses: 1.3%– Protestant: .7%– Other: 4.8%– None: 3.2%

Brief History

• Early Years:– Founded by Columbus in

1502

• Independence:– 1852 declared independ.

From Spain With other central American prov.

• Coffee Trade:– Influenced Europeans to

immigrate there in the 1850’s

– Railroad construction to link trade route from Caribbean coast to Europe.

• Twentith Century & Now: – First democratic elections

in 1889– Rafael Calderon

fraudulently won election and created civil war (2000+ deaths)

– Still have trade including: bananas, coffee, pineapple sugar.

Monumentos y Atracciones Populares

• San José fat lady

Musica y bailes

• Musica: – Disco nightclubs in

San Jose– American and British

rock and roll and pop

• Balies:– Soca– Salsa– Cumba– Merengue

Comida

• Grown: – Bananas– Coffee beans– Pineapple– Sugar

• Rice and beans

Citations

• http://www.costarica.com/about-costa-rica/useful-information/a-brief-history-of-costa-rica/

• http://www.infocostarica.com/culture/food.html

• https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cs.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica