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1.
Costa Rica has a young population,
indicating a growing productive work force and
consumer group.
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Age
(Years)
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Population
%
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0 - 14
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34.8
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15
- 29
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27.3
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30
- 44
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20.9
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45
and over
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17.0
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2.
45.4% of Costa Ricans have a telephone.
Almost all other who do not have their own
phone have access to a public telephone within a
reasonable distance of their residence.
3.
Costa Rica has an area of 19,730 square
miles.
4.
The population of Costa Rica is 3,810,000
according to the 2000 census.
51% live in the greater San José area of the
Central Valley.
75% live in the provinces of San José, Alajuela,
Heredia and Cartago.
25% live in the
provinces of Puntarenas, Guanacaste and Limón
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Population
(2000 census)
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AREA
(Sq. Kms)
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COSTA
RICA
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3
810 179
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51.100
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1.
SAN JOSE
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1
345 750
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4965.90
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2.
ALAJUELA
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716
286
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9757.53
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3.
CARTAGO
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432
395
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3124.67
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4.
HEREDIA
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354
732
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2656.98
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5.
GUANACASTE
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264
238
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10140.71
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6.
PUNTARENAS
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357
483
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11265.69
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7.
LIMON
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339
295
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9188.52
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5.
Radio and TV are commercially owned in
Costa Rica. 87%
of the population, or a market of 2.9 million, are
reached by radio and TV.
6.
There are three major daily Spanish
language newspapers-La Nacion, La Republica and La
Prensa Libre.
There are many other smaller Spanish
language newspapers and magazines.
There are two weekly English language
newspapers, the Tico Times and Central American
Weekly. Tico
Times is more inclined towards news, while Central
American Weekly is more of a tourist newspaper.
The Costa Rica Acktuel is a German weekly. There
are also English language magazines.
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