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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 2022 Costa Rican ransomware attack - Wikipedia

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    On May 31, 2022, at dawn, the Hive Ransomware Group carried out an attack against the Costa Rican Social Security Fund, forcing the institution to turn off all of its critical systems, including the Unique Digital Health File and the Centralized Collection System. [16] [17] The former stores sensitive medical information of patients using ...

  5. Costa Rican Central Valley - Wikipedia

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    Costa Rican Central Valley. /  9.917°N 84.067°W  / 9.917; -84.067. The Central Valley ( Spanish: Valle Central) is a plateau and a geographic region of central Costa Rica. The land in the valley is a relative plain, despite being surrounded by several mountains and volcanoes, the latter part of the Central Range.

  6. Tourism in Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    Tourism in Costa Rica has been one of the fastest growing economic sectors of the country [2] and by 1995 became the largest foreign exchange earner. [3] [4] Since 1999, tourism has earned more foreign exchange than bananas, pineapples and coffee exports combined. [5] The tourism boom began in 1987, [3] with the number of visitors up from ...

  7. Culture of Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    Culture of Costa Rica. Costa Rica. A Diquis stone sphere in the courtyard of the National Museum of Costa Rica. Oxcart wheels, decorated in traditional style, found particularly in Sarchí. Costa Rican culture has been heavily influenced by Spanish culture ever since the Spanish colonization of the Americas including the territory which today ...

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