• Arenal Volcano

  Capital City: San Jose.
• Type of Government: Democratic Republic.
• Independence: September 15, 1821 (from Spain).
• Population: 4,050,000.
• Population density: 79 persons per square km.
• Literacy: 96%.
• Language: Spanish (official); English spoken by most in the tourism industry.
• Ethnic groups: White (including mestizo) 93%, black 4%, Amerindian 1%, Asian 1%, others, 1%.
• Religion: Roman Catholic 76%, Evangelical Protestant 14%, others 6%, none 4%.

• Costa Rica’s Fauna

  Terrain: Rugged central range with 112 volcanic craters, that separate the eastern and western coastal plains.
• Use of Natural Resources for electricity: Hydro-electric, geothermal and eolic-power.
• Flora: 9,000 species, including 1,200 orchids species and 800 fern species, tidal mangrove swamps, tropical rain forest, subalpine forest.
• Fauna: 36,518 species including 34,000 species of insects, and 2,000 species of butterflies.

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