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The University of Costa Rica (Spanish: Universidad de Costa Rica, abbreviated UCR) is a public university in the Republic of Costa Rica, in Central America. Its main campus, Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio, is located in San Pedro Montes de Oca, in the province of San José. It is the oldest and largest institution of higher learning in ...
Format of five digit numeric Postal codes in Costa Rica, introduced in 2007: ABBCC A – one of the seven provinces of Costa Rica (7 of 10 used, i.e. 70%) BB – one of the 81 cantons of Costa Rica (81 of 100 used, i.e. 81%) CC – one of the districts of Costa Rica.
Liberia declared independence on July 26, 1847, which the U.S. did not recognize until February 5, 1862. Liberia was the first African republic to proclaim its independence and is Africa's first and oldest modern republic.
20,663. • Density. 8,700/km 2 (22,000/sq mi) Time zone. UTC−06:00. Postal code. 10801. Guadalupe is a district of the Goicoechea canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. [1] [2] It is the head city of the Goicoechea Canton, and now fully incorporated in the Metropolitan Area of San Jose .
Grand Lodge of Costa Rica. The Grand Lodge of Costa Rica is the main organization of regular Freemasonry in Costa Rica. It was created on December 7, 1879 and was the first in Central America. [1] It was formed with the union of all the existing lodges at that time in the country, these were: Charity, Hope, Faith, Fraternal Union, Progress ...
In recent years, Curubandé has become a center of tourism within Costa Rica. This is due in large part to the nearby Rincon de la Vieja National Park. Curubandé is also the site of Las Pailas Geothermal Central, a large geothermal power plant that is being built to provide a large portion of Costa Rica's electric energy needs.