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  2. History of Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    History of Costa Rica. Typical settlement of the Diquis indigenous people before the arrival of Columbus. The first indigenous peoples of Costa Rica were hunters and gatherers, and when the Spanish conquerors arrived, Costa Rica was divided in two distinct cultural areas due to its geographical location in the Intermediate Area, between ...

  3. Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    Costa Rica ( UK: / ˌkɒstəˈriːkə /, US: / ˌkoʊstə -/ ⓘ; Spanish: [ˈkosta ˈrika]; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, [11] is a country in the Central American region of North America. Costa Rica is bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the ...

  4. Pre-Columbian history of Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    The pre-Columbian history of Costa Rica extends from the establishment of the first settlers until the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas. Archaeological evidence allows us to date the arrival of the first humans to Costa Rica to between 7000 and 10,000 BC. By the second millennium BC sedentary farming communities already existed.

  5. Education in Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    Education in Costa Rica is divided in 3 cycles: pre-education (before age 7), primary education (from 6-7 to 12-13), and secondary school (from 12-13 to 17-18), which leads to higher education. School year starts between the second and third week of February, stops at the last week of June, it continues again between the third and fourth week ...

  6. Costa Maya - Wikipedia

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    Costa Maya. Coordinates: 18.714°N 87.709°W. Costa Maya is a small tourist region in the municipality of Othón P. Blanco in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, the only state bounded by the Caribbean Sea to its east. This municipality is close to Chetumal (capital of the state) on the border with Belize. The area was generally undeveloped but ...

  7. Costa Rican oxcarts - Wikipedia

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    Costa Rican oxcarts. Costa Rican oxcarts, called carretas in Spanish, are a large part of Costa Rican history. They allowed for the expansion and increase of exports of many goods including Costa Rica's main export, coffee. It also is a huge part of Costa Rican culture today. The oxcarts are considered one of Costa Rica's national symbols.

  8. First Costa Rican Republic - Wikipedia

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    The First Costa Rican Republic is the name given to the historical period between the proclamation of the Republic of Costa Rica in the 1848 reformed Constitution and the official decree by then President José María Castro Madriz on 31 August 1848 and the Costa Rican Civil War of 1948 which ended with the enactment of the current 1949 Constitution on 7 November 1949 starting the Second Costa ...

  9. Children's Day - Wikipedia

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    Costa Rica. In Costa Rica, Children's Day is celebrated on 9 September. Cuba. In Cuba, Children's Day is celebrated on June 1 and on the third Sunday of July. Guatemala. In Guatemala, Children's Day is celebrated on 1 October. It was established as a holiday around 1990. Haiti. In Haiti, Children's Day is celebrated on 12 June.

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