COSTA RICA

The most beautiful landform to visit is the Arenal Volcano.

The best place to go scuba diving is at Drake Bay

The climate is tropical so it is very warm all year

When you go to Costa Rica you are going to want to know Spanish because that's there official language

Earthquakes occur a lot on Costa Rica but nobody has gotten hurt because of one. The last big earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 happened in 2004

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Costa Rica is about 1/4 of Minnesota and has about 11% less people

Roman Catholicism is the official religion in Costa Rica

They celebrate Christmas just like us because they are Like Catholics

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You are going to want to watch a soccer game because that is very popular in Costa Rica

There were 8 indigenous groups on Costa Rica

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The government is Democratic Republic. Costa Rica's president is Luis Guillermo Solís

Costa Rica's agricultural land is most important because they have very few resources

They use a Costa Rican colón. $1 equals 531.79 Costa Rican colón

HISTORY LESSON

• 1502-Christopher Columbus names it Costa Rica
• 1540-Costa Rica is part of the vise royalty of New Spain
• 1808-coffee is introduced and becomes principal crop
• 1838-Costa Rica becomes fully independent
• 1968-Irazu volcano erupts causing serious damage