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Carretera Interamericana Norte near San Ramón canton, Alajuela province, Costa Rica. April 2007. National Primary Route 1, formally known as Carretera Interamericana Norte (North Interamerican Road), is the northern segment of the Pan-American Highway (locally in Central America known as the Inter-American Highway) that traverses Costa Rica.
According to the Inter-American Development Bank, in 2019 Costa Rica had the worst road network in Latin America, due to being under maintained, and having structural defects and deterioration in around 49% of the National Primary Routes network. Other countries in the area report an average of 20% in the same metric.
On 1 June 2007, Costa Rica broke diplomatic ties with Taiwan, switching recognition to the People's Republic of China. Costa Rica was the first of the Central American nations to do so. President Óscar Arias Sánchez admitted the action was a response to economic exigency.
Rafael Anselmo José Iglesias Castro, also known as Rafael Yglesias (18 April 1861 – 10 April 1924) was a Costa Rican politician who served as President of Costa Rica for two consecutive periods from 1894 to 1902.
Route 252: Secondary 1.56 San José Route 253: Secondary 19.66 Guanacaste Route 254: Secondary 8.38 Guanacaste Route 255: Secondary 1.78 Guanacaste Route 256: Secondary 18.38 Limón Route 257: Secondary 1.94 Limón Route 301: Tertiary 53.71 San José, Puntarenas Route 303: Tertiary 16.40 San José Route 304: Tertiary 15.12 San José, Cartago ...
Attempts to build a canal across Nicaragua. Coordinates: 11.5°N 85.0°W. A proposed routing of the canal, c. 1870, which followed the southern route. Various Nicaragua canal proposals. Panama Canal is also shown. Attempts to build a canal across Nicaragua to connect the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean stetch back to the early colonial era.
Juan Santamaria International Airport is the largest and busiest airport in Costa Rica, having experienced a constant increase in traffic since its opening in 1958, boosted by the growing flow of tourists. The airport reached more than one million passengers per year for the first time in 1991 and having a record number of passengers in 2019.
National Primary Route 39, or just Route 39 (Spanish: Ruta Nacional Primaria 39, or Ruta 39) is a National Road Route of Costa Rica, located in the San José province. Its official name is Paseo de la Segunda República (Second Republic Drive), is also known as Carretera de Circunvalación (Loop Road), and is an incomplete ring road encircling the central districts of San José canton, the ...