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HISTORY. The republic of Costa Rica (the ‘Rich Coast’) has been independent since 1821, although it formed, from 1824 to 1838, part of the Confederation of Central America.
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Statistical Information. Official statistics are issued by the Director General de Estadística (Ministerio de Industria y Comercio, San José) as they become available. The compilation of statistics was started in 1861.
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Fernández Guardia, L., Historia de Costa Rica. 2nd ed., 2 vols. San José. 1941
Trejos, Juan, Geografía ilustrada de Costa Rica. San José, 1948
Sandner, G., Agrarkolonisation in Costa Rica. Kiel, 1961
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Paxton, J. (1974). Costa Rica. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271036_73
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