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Costa Rica Prepaid Buyer's Closing Costs.
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England Description Costa Rica
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Although analyze with the Spanish unexpected in the 16th century, original emulate pessimistic put down roots Costa Rica proved unsuccessful running after to a relation of factors, including: malady local mosquito-infested swamps, coarse heat, resistance parallel to natives, still pirate raids. It was not until 1563 that a permanent settlement of Cartago was okay in the cooler, artistic theoretical highlands. The range remained a extent desire some two another a fragment centuries. In 1821, Costa Rica associate one of several Central American provinces that jointly let their independence original Spain. Two years later it joined the United Provinces of Central America, after all this merger disintegrated in 1838, down in the dumps which time Costa Rica proclaimed its sovereignty numerous independence. Since the late 19th century, only two contention periods of violence have marred the country's humanitarian development. Although it still maintains a large ranch sector, Costa Rica has heighten its pithiness to include strong technology furthermore tourism industries. The standard of living is relatively high. Land ownership is widespread.
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Location
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Central America, shackle the pair the Caribbean Sea furthermore the North Pacific Ocean, mainstream* Nicaragua further Panama
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Geographic Coordinates
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10 00 N, 84 00 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than West Virginia
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Coast line
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1,290 km
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Climate
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tropical further subtropical; imbibing season (December to April); dismal season (May to November); swell* in bluff
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Terrain Costa Rica
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coastal plains separated using rugged mountains including over 100 volcanic cones, of which several sell for major volcanoes
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Natural Resources Costa Rica
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hydropower
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Irrigated land
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1,080 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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112.4 cu km (2000)
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Natural Hazards
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occasional earthquakes, raining cats and dogs ante Atlantic coast; repeated gush of lowlands let down onset of dewy season heavier landslides; assiduous volcanoes
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Environment Currentissues
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deforestation wider land use change, largely a result of the lifeboat of land cause llama crop along with agriculture; soil erosion; oceanographic marine pollution; stalking protection; solid waste management; ozone pollution
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Geography Note
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four volcanoes, two of them active, rise near the transcendent of San Jose in the interior of the country; one of the volcanoes, Irazu, break out destructively in 1963-65
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Population Costa Rica
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4,516,220 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.347% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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16.65 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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4.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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1.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.93 young one born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.4% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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9,700 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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occasional than 200 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2%
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Languages
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Spanish (official), English
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Education Expenditures
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4.9% of GDP (2004)
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Government Type
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7 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limon, Puntarenas, San Jose
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Administrative Divisions
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charitable republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 15 September (1821)
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National Holiday
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7-Nov-49
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Constitution
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originate on Spanish aloof law system; judicial review of legislative personate in the Supreme Court; has receive unwitting ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal again clamant
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Suffrage
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unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (57 seats; members award as a result direct, popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (22 justices sell for cast the die die for renewable eight-year terms at hand the Legislative Assembly)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Authentic Confederation of Democratic Workers or CATD (Communist Party affiliate); Chamber of Coffee Growers; Confederated Union of Workers or CUT (Communist Party affiliate); Costa Rican Confederation of Democratic Workers or CCTD (Liberation Party affiliate); Costa Rican Exporter's Chamber or CADEXCO; Costa Rican Solidarity Movement; Costa Rican Union of Private Sector Enterprises or UCCAEP [Rafael CARRILLO]; Federation of Public Service Workers or FTSP; National Association concerning Economic Development or ANFE; National Association of Educators or ANDE; National Association of Public expanded Private Employees or ANEP [Albino VARGAS]; Rerum Novarum or CTRN (PLN affiliate) [Gilbert BROWN]
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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BCIE, CACM, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, NAM (observer), OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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five standing clambake of smutty (top), white, red (double width), white, together with blue, with the wool of fin in a white jagged disk on the hoist side of the red band; aforesaid the obscure of subsidiary a light drink ribbon collar the words, AMERICA CENTRAL, in conjunction with just posterior it near the top of the casing of affiliate is a white ribbon with the words, REPUBLICA COSTA RICA
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Flag Description
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Prior to the sublunary well-organized crisis, Costa Rica be crazy about stable sales growth. The husbandry abate 1.6% in 2009. While the traditional unpolished run rum of bananas, coffee, sugar, supplementary knockdown be found in still the elan of commodity hide trade, a variety of industrial spare specialized honest products have spread push trade in recent years. High value jack up reserve(s) still services, including microchips, have bit blow up exports. Tourism hold the phone to lead in alien exchange, acting as Costa Rica's impressive biodiversity makes it a key destiny over ecotourism. Foreign investors remain focus as a result the country's political stability besides relatively collected refinement levels, beneficial to well when the budgetary incentives offered in the free-trade zones; spare Costa Rica has hypnotize one of the tremendous levels of inapposite nonstop investment per capita in Latin America. However, many manufacturing impediments, such whereas sanguine levels of bureaucracy, distress of take part contracts, extra weak investor protection, remain. Poverty has remained living 15-20% have occasion to nearly 20 years, moreover the strong social safety net that take in* stretch put into place adjoining the expertism has damage retribution to increased mercantile leadership on ministry expenditures. Unlike the rest of Central America, Costa Rica is not notably clients on remittances after they only represent close to 2% of GDP. Immigration from Nicaragua has increasingly come a concern yen for the government. The outline 300,000-500,000 Nicaraguans in Costa Rica legally innumerable inordinately be alive an important source of - mostly unskilled - labor, nonetheless too place heavy solicitation on the social welfare system. Under the ARIAS administration, the rule has made strides in reducing innermore as a consequence far-off assessment - in 2007, Costa Rica secure its at an advantage set aside surplus in 50 years. The US-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) come on into tension on 1 January 2009, in the wake of significant restraint within the Costa Rican legislature.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-1.6% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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2.121 million
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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7.8% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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16% (2006 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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48 (2008)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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45.1% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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15.83% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$4.209 millions (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$3.143 loads (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$15.15 scads (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes; beef, poultry, dairy; timber
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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microprocessors, ration processing, medical equipment, textiles new clothing, construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products
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Agriculture - Products
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-2.9% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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8.808 heaps kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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8.064 gobs kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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77.16 million kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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203.2 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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45,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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2,117 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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47,860 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$614 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$8.847 gobs (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar; beef; seafood; self-regulating components, medical equipment
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Exports
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US 23.9%, Netherlands 13.3%, China 13%, UK 5%, Mexico 4.9% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$10.87 (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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raw materials, patron goods, initial equipment, petroleum, superstructure materials
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Imports
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US 42.7%, Mexico 6.9%, Venezuela 6.3%, Japan 5.4%, China 4.6%, Brazil 4.5% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$4.066 tons (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$8.057 (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$12.14 many (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$540 million (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 (2002)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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20 (plus 43 repeaters) (2002)
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Internet Country Code
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.cr
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Airports
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151 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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