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Republic of Costa Rica

National name: República de Costa Rica

President: Miguel Angel Rodríguez (1998)

Area: 19,652 sq. mi. (51,100 sq. km)

Population (1999 est.): 3,674,490 (average annual rate of natural increase: 1.83%); birth rate: 22.5/1000; infant mortality rate: 12.9/1000; density per sq. mi.: 187

Capital and largest city (1994 est.): San José, 315,909

Monetary unit: Colón

Language: Spanish

Ethnicity/race: white (including mestizo) 96%, black 2%, Indian 1%, Chinese 1%

Religion: 95% Roman Catholic

Literacy rate: 93%

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $24 billion; $6,700 per capita. Real growth rate: 5.5%. Inflation: 12%. Unemployment: 5.6%. Arable land: 6%. Agriculture: coffee, bananas, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes; beef; timber. Labor force: 868,300; industry and commerce 23.3%, government and services 55.1%, agriculture 21.6% (1996 est.). Industry: food processing, textiles and clothing, construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products. Natural resource: hydropower potential. Exports: $3.9 billion (f.o.b., 1998): manufactured products, coffee, bananas, textiles, sugar. Imports: $4.5 billion (c.i.f., 1998): raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum. Major trading partners: U.S., Benelux, Germany, Italy, Guatemala, El Salvador, Netherlands, U.K., France, Japan, Mexico.

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