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Costa Rica

República de Costa Rica

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Part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1540, Costa Rica (the ‘Rich Coast’) formed part of Central America when the latter acquired independence on 15 Sept. 1821. Central America seceded to Mexico on 5 Jan. 1822 until 1 July 1823, when it became an independent confederation as the United Provinces of Central America. The province of Guanacaste was acquired from Nicaragua in 1825. Costa Rica left the confederation and achieved full independence in 1838. The first Constitution was promulgated on 7 Dec. 1871.

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Further Reading

  • 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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  • Ameringer, C. D., Democracy in Costa Rica. New York, 1982

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  • Biesanz, R., (et al), The Costa Ricans. Hemel Hempstead, 1982

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  • Bird, L., Costa Rica: Unarmed Democracy. London, 1984

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  • Fernandez Guardia, L., Historia de Costa Rica. 2nd ed., 2 vols. San José, 1941

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  • Seligson, M. A., Peasants of Costa Rica and the Development of Agrarian Capitalism. Univ. of Wisconsin Press, 1980

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  • Stansifer, C. and Miller, R., Costa Rica. [Bibliography] Oxford and Santa Barbara, 1988

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© 1989 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Paxton, J. (1989). Costa Rica. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271180_46

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