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The Scout and Guide movement in Costa Rica is served by Asociación de Guías y Scouts de Costa Rica, member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and of the World Organization of the Scout Movement; Scouts Independientes de Costa Rica, prospect member of the World Federation of Independent Scouts
The Asociación de Guías y Scouts de Costa Rica is the national Scouting and Guiding association of Costa Rica. Scouting was founded in Costa Rica in 1915 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1935. [1] Guiding started in 1922 and became a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1946. [2]
Quesada has an area of 144 km 2 [3] and an elevation of 656 metres. [1] It is located at the foot of the Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range) on the southern edge of the San Carlos Plain, an expansive lowland that forms a major part of the Caribbean slope in northern Costa Rica.
Corredores has an area of 620.6 km 2 [4] and a mean elevation of 58 metres. [2]The lowland canton shares its eastern border with Panama.The Conte River marks the western limit.
San José (Spanish: [saŋ xoˈse]; meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of San José Province.It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Central Valley, within San José Canton.
The capital is Puntarenas.The province covers an area of 11,266 square kilometres (4,350 sq mi), and has a population of 410,929. [2] It is subdivided into 11 cantons.For administrative purposes, the island Isla del Coco, 500 kilometres (310 mi) offshore in the Pacific Ocean, is considered a part of this province.
The remains of Alto de La Palma Hermit and some dairy farms still exist as of 2019. Due to the Atlantic Railroad construction, and the existing Route 126 (Sarapiquí) and Route 10 (Turrialba) roads, the project was shelved until the 1970s, when then during president Rodrigo Carazo government, the works started in 1977 on the current Route 32.
Zarcero has an area of 11.72 km 2 [3] and an elevation of 1,736 metres. [1]It is located in the Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range) of Costa Rica, 50 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital city of Alajuela and 27 kilometers southeast of Ciudad Quesada.