State of Costa Rica The Republic of Costa Rica the only country among the Latin American countries that are included in the list of the oldest 22 democratic countries around the world, it is also one of the Central American countries, and take from the city of San Jose as its capital, and taken from the Spanish language or the country. The total area of the Republic of Costa Rica extends to more than 51.100 square kilometers which is equal to 19.653 square miles, and form water which accounted for 0.7% of the country's total area, and indicate the population census in 2011 estimated that the population has reached approximately 4,586,353 inhabitants, population density estimated B84 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is noteworthy that the State of Costa Rica has gained independence from Spain in the fifteenth of the month of September in 1821, and was recognized by Spain officially in 1850, and legally issued its Constitution first in the seventh of the month of November of the year 1949. Administrative division Administratively the Republic of Costa Rica is divided into seven provinces, embracing one and eighty cantons, each of which are subject to the mayor for four years, while the cantons divided into more than Alorbamih and one and twenty provinces, and the provinces of the Republic are: San Jose, the capital, is the Alajuela and Guanacaste Province, and Cartago, and Heredia Province , and lemon and finally Puntarenas. Geography Costa Rica The share of Costa Rica external borders with Nicaragua from the northern side, and also bordered by Panama from the south-eastern part of the country, while the western border waivers by the Pacific Ocean, and with the Caribbean Sea from the east, it is worth mentioning that Costa Rica is considered one of the most countries that have managed to achieve centers advanced in terms of concern for the environment, as it were available to measure the level of interest in countries environmental standards, so it won the title of the most environmentally friendly state. With regard to plant and animal life in the country, it is home to a large number of plants and animals of varying species, and characterized the country's biodiversity in which the world, and up dedicated to natural reserves places an area of about 25% of the total area of the country, has managed to Costa Rica to achieve great success in reduce deforestation rate of zero percent in 2005. Demography Gathering Costa Rica on its territory a number of disparate ethnic groups, constitute white ratio is about 94% of the total population, while the distribution of the rest of the proportions between blacks, Indians and Chinese, referred to as the vast majority of the population are Hispanic, and also embraces a huge Jewish religion numbers, and is considered Costa Rica serve as a refuge for people fleeing from their country on the sidelines of the civil wars and dictatorships
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