The 2002 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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      Infant mortality rate: 10.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: 78.89 years (2002 est.) male: Total fertility rate: 2.42 children born/woman (2002 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.54% (1999 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 12,000 (1999 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths: 750 (1999 est.)

      Nationality: noun: Costa Rican(s) adjective: Costa Rican

      Ethnic groups: white (including mestizo) 94%, black 3%, Amerindian 1%,

       Chinese 1%, other 1%

      Religions: Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, other Protestant 0.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other 4.8%, none 3.2%

      Languages: Spanish (official), English spoken around Puerto Limon

      Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.5% male: 95.5% female: 95.5% (1999 est.)

      Government Costa Rica

      Country name: Republic of Costa Rica conventional short form:

       Costa Rica

      Government type: democratic republic

      Capital: San Jose

      Administrative divisions: 7 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia);

       Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limon, Puntarenas, San Jose

      Independence: 15 September 1821 (from Spain)

      National holiday: Independence Day, 15 September (1821)

      Constitution: 7 November 1949

      Legal system: based on Spanish civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory

      Executive branch: chief of state: President Abel PACHECO (since 8 May 2002); First Vice President Lineth SABORIO (since NA May 2002); Second Vice President Luis FISHMAN (since NA May 2002); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government head of government: President Abel PACHECO (since 8 May 2002); First Vice President Lineth SABORIO (since NA May 2002); Second Vice President Luis FISHMAN (since NA May 2002); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government cabinet: elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year terms; election last held 3 February 2002; run-off election held 7 April 2002 (next to be held NA February 2006) election results: Abel PACHECO elected president; percent of vote - Abel PACHECO (PUSC) 58%; Rolando ARAYA (PLN) 42%

      Legislative branch: unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (57 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 3 February 2002 (next to be held 3 February 2006) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PUSC 19, PLN 17, PAC 14, PML 6, PRC 1

      Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (22 justices are elected for eight-year terms by the Legislative Assembly)

      Political parties and leaders: Agricultural Labor Action or PALA [Carlos

       Alberto SOLIS Blanco]; Citizen Action Party or PAC [Otton SOLIS]; Costa

       Rican Renovation Party or PRC [Justo OROZCO]; Democratic Force Party or

       PFD [Jose M. NUNEZ]; Libertarian Movement Party or PML [Otto GUEVARA

       Guth]; National Christian Alliance Party or ANC [Alejandro MADRIGAL];

       National Independent Party or PNI [Jorge GONZALEZ Marten]; National

       Integration Party or PIN [Walter MUNOZ Cespedes]; National Liberation

       Party or PLN [Sonia PICADO]; Social Christian Unity Party or PUSC [Luis

       Manuel CHACON] note: mainly a two-party system - PUSC and PLN - until

       the 3 February 2002 election in which the PAC captured a significant

       percentage, forcing a run-off in April 2002

      Political pressure groups and leaders: Authentic Confederation of

       Democratic Workers or CATD (Communist Party affiliate); Chamber of

       Coffee Growers; Confederated Union of Workers or CUT (Communist Party

       affiliate); Costa Rican Confederation of Democratic Workers or CCTD

       (Liberation Party affiliate); Federation of Public Service Workers or

       FTSP; National Association for Economic Development or ANFE; National

       Association of Educators or ANDE; Rerum Novarum or CTRN (PLN affiliate)

       [Gilbert Brown]

      International organization participation: BCIE, CACM, ECLAC, FAO, G-77,

       IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,

       IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA (observer), NAM (observer),

       OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNU, UPU, WCL,

       WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

      Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Jaime DAREMBLUM Rosenstein chancery: 2114 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Francisco, St. Paul, and Tampa consulate(s): Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador John J. DANILOVICH embassy: Calle 120 APO AA 34020 telephone: Flag description: five horizontal bands of blue (top), white, red (double width), white, and blue, with the coat of arms in a white disk on the hoist side of the red band

      Economy Costa Rica

      Economy - overview: Costa Rica's basically stable economy depends on tourism, agriculture, and electronics exports. Poverty has been substantially reduced over the past 15 years, and a strong social safety net has been put into place. Foreign investors remain attracted by the country's political stability and high education levels, and tourism continues to bring in foreign exchange. However, traditional export sectors have not kept pace. Low coffee prices and an overabundance of bananas have hurt the agricultural sector. The government continues to grapple with its large deficit and massive internal debt and with the need to modernize the state-owned electricity and telecommunications sector.

      GDP: purchasing power parity - $31.9 billion (2001 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate: 0.3% (2001 est.)

      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $8,500 (2001 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 11% industry: 37% services: 52% (2000)

      Population below poverty line: 20.6% (1999 est.)

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