COSTA RICA (2006)
following information is presented in order to understand the context in which they operate Health Cooperatives in Costa Rica.
name: Republic of Costa Rica
Form of Government: Democratic Republic
Constitution: Promulgated the November 7, 1949
Area: 51,100 km ² .
Capital: San Jose
Currency: Costa Rican Colon (¢, CRC)
GDP (2005): total U.S. $ 44,579 million, per capita U.S. $ 10,316
Language: English.
Administrative divisions: 7 provinces subdivided into 81 cantons, and these, in turn, into 463 districts.
National holiday: September 15, Independence Day
Population: 4,016,173 inhabitants. (Referring to 2005)
The population density is 75 inhabitants per km ². About 52.3% of the population is urban.
Ethnic composition: white (80%), mestizos and mulattos (15%), blacks (4%) and Asian (1%)
Territorial Organization
Costa Rica is a Central American country. Bordered on the north by Nicaragua, southeast by Panama, the land is bathed in the east by the Caribbean Sea and west by the Pacific Ocean. It is divided into seven provinces: San José (7) is the province with the largest population (1,345,750 inhabitants) and its capital, the same name and also capital of the Republic, residing 340,562 inhabitants in 2005, the other 6 provinces are Alajuela (1) with 716,286 inhabitants, Carthage (2) with 432,395 inhabitants, Guanacaste (3) with 264,238 inhabitants, Heredia (4) with 354,732 inhabitants, Lemon (5) con389.295 room and Puntarenas (6) with 357,483 inhabitants, also has a large overseas territory close to 500,000 km ², which includes Isla del Coco, located about 480 km southwest of the Osa Peninsula on the Pacific coast. Those provinces to are further divided into cantons (81 in total) and the latter in turn into districts (459 total).
following information is presented in order to understand the context in which they operate Health Cooperatives in Costa Rica.
name: Republic of Costa Rica Form of Government: Democratic Republic
Constitution: Promulgated the November 7, 1949
Area: 51,100 km ² .
Capital: San Jose
Currency: Costa Rican Colon (¢, CRC)
GDP (2005): total U.S. $ 44,579 million, per capita U.S. $ 10,316
Language: English.
Administrative divisions: 7 provinces subdivided into 81 cantons, and these, in turn, into 463 districts.
National holiday: September 15, Independence Day
Population: 4,016,173 inhabitants. (Referring to 2005)
The population density is 75 inhabitants per km ². About 52.3% of the population is urban.
Ethnic composition: white (80%), mestizos and mulattos (15%), blacks (4%) and Asian (1%)
Territorial Organization
Costa Rica is a Central American country. Bordered on the north by Nicaragua, southeast by Panama, the land is bathed in the east by the Caribbean Sea and west by the Pacific Ocean. It is divided into seven provinces: San José (7) is the province with the largest population (1,345,750 inhabitants) and its capital, the same name and also capital of the Republic, residing 340,562 inhabitants in 2005, the other 6 provinces are Alajuela (1) with 716,286 inhabitants, Carthage (2) with 432,395 inhabitants, Guanacaste (3) with 264,238 inhabitants, Heredia (4) with 354,732 inhabitants, Lemon (5) con389.295 room and Puntarenas (6) with 357,483 inhabitants, also has a large overseas territory close to 500,000 km ², which includes Isla del Coco, located about 480 km southwest of the Osa Peninsula on the Pacific coast. Those provinces to are further divided into cantons (81 in total) and the latter in turn into districts (459 total).
The country is known for keeping one of the most established and transparent democracies of America, for having one of the best indicators of human development in the region and for being the first nation to abolish the army in 1948. The political system is centralized administrative and fiscal and budgetary allocation to the various sectors is determined centrally so inflexible.
Costa
Rica has suffered a significant evolution in its economy, from being a predominantly agricultural country to a service economy. Tourism is the industry that has contributed more positively to GDP. Leveraging its peaceful environment, high educational level of its inhabitants and appropriate policies to attract businesses, the country began in the mid 90's in the production of materials and micro technology products and technology (since 1997, with the input Intel chip factory, the country has had an additional source of income) and is preferred by many multinationals to locate their core services within the region, highlighting Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble and Dole. Export earnings coming from traditional agricultural products such as bananas, coffee, sugar, cocoa and pineapple are still important (also grows corn, beans, vegetables, snuff and cotton). Manufacturing and processing is represented in food processing, textiles, chemicals and plastic products as the most important. The livestock consists of cattle, pigs and horses, and poultry, meat being an important export. Although there are some mineral deposits (mainly gold) and has established the presence of oil reserves in the territorial waters of Costa Rica, the country has started its operation since the debate between maintaining its status as a country protects the environment and the extraction of these natural resources .
has a GDP of about U.S. $ 44,579 million for 2005, representing per capita U.S. $ 10,316 (the highest in Central America. The annual inflation in 2005 was approximately 13.2%, one of the highest in recent history and the highest in the continent. Unemployment is around 6%.'s biggest weakness Costa Rica's economy is its heavy dependence on oil imports, mainly from Venezuela and Mexico.
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