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Costa Rica 1897 20 Colones (proof), first year coins were issued. The coin shows the Costa Rican coat of arms on the obverse and a profile of Christopher Columbus on the reverse. [3] Because the colón replaced the peso at par, there was no immediate need for new coins in 1896. In 1897, gold 2, 5, 10 and 20 colones were issued, followed by ...
Vehicle registration plates of Costa Rica. Costa Rica requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates. [1] The country has issued plates since at least 1923. The letters "CR" on plates into the early 1940s indicated the country name. The country name has been spelled out on the plates since at ...
National Route 2 (Costa Rica) Carretera Interamericana Sur, Costa Rica. March 2008. National Primary Route 2, formally known as Carretera Interamericana Sur (South Interamerican Road), is the southern segment of the Pan-American Highway (locally in Central America known as the Inter-American Highway) that traverses Costa Rica.
Toponymy. The name of the canton is in honor of former head of state Braulio Carrillo Colina.. History. Carrillo was created on 16 June 1877 by decree 22. In the 18th century a group of Ladinos settled on the west bank of the middle Tempisque River, where there was a grove of trees called "sietecueros" (Lonchocarpus costericensi), giving rise to the population that corresponds to the city of ...
Indigenous people of Costa Rica, or Native Costa Ricans, are the people who lived in what is now Costa Rica prior to European and African contact and the descendants of those peoples. About 114,000 indigenous people live in the country, comprising 2.4% of the total population. [ 1 ] Indigenous Costa Ricans strive to keep their cultural ...
Moravia has an area of 28.62 km² [6] and a mean elevation of 1,297 metres. [2] The elongated canton begins in the northern suburbs of the national capital city of San José and continues northeast toward the Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range). The Virilla, Pará, and Blanco rivers on the north and west, and the Quebrada Azul and Macho ...
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. The northern boundary runs through the Zapote Ridge, one of the coastal mountain ranges.
Golfito has an area of 1,753.96 km² [4] and a mean elevation of 24 metres. [2] The canton encompasses the southernmost Pacific coast of Costa Rica, north from Punta Gorda Hill at the Panama border. It includes non-contiguous land on both sides of the Golfo Dulce and the entire southern portion of the Osa Peninsula .