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July 27 - Annexation of the Party of Nicoya to Costa Rica. August 17 - Mother's Day. September 14 - Independence Day. November 30 - Army Abolition Day. 2021. May 3 - Labour Day. July 26 - Annexation of the Party of Nicoya to Costa Rica. September 13 - Independence Day. November 29 - Army Abolition Day.
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 ...
Description and key statistics. Costa Rica stands as the most visited nation in the Central American region, with 3.14 million foreign visitors in 2019. During the same year, El Salvador was ranked second in the region with 1.77 million, followed by Panama and Guatemala with 1.75 million visitors each.
Juan Santamaría. Statue of Juan Santamaría in Alajuela. Juan Santamaría Rodríguez (August 29, 1831 – April 11, 1856) was a drummer in the Costa Rican army, officially recognized as the national hero of his country for his actions in the 1856 Second Battle of Rivas, in the Filibuster War. He died in the battle carrying a torch he used to ...
2023. Decades: 2000s. 2010s. 2020s. See also: Other events of 2020. Timeline of Costa Rican history. Events of 2019 in Costa Rica .
Costa Rica had 2.9 million foreign visitors in 2016, up 10% from 2015. In 2015, the tourism sector was responsible for 5.8% of the country's GDP, or $3.4 billion. In 2016, the highest number of tourists came from the United States, with 1,000,000 visitors, followed by Europe with 434,884 arrivals.
traditional Protestant (1.2%) Mormon (0.3%) Jehovah's Witness (1.4%) No religion (27.0%) Islam (0.1%) Other (2.7%) The Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Cartago. Christianity is the predominant religion in Costa Rica, with Catholicism being its largest denomination. Catholicism is also the state religion, but the government generally ...
San José is Costa Rica's seat of national government, focal point of political and economic activity, and major transportation hub. San José Canton's population was 288,054 in 2011, [7] and San José's municipal land area is 44.2 square kilometers (17.2 square miles), with an estimated 333,980 residents in 2015. [8]