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Do you know your country is one of the greatest ones?
Costa Rica is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and theCaribbean Sea to the east.
The one who land in Costa Rica was the Great Navigator himself, Christopher Columbus. The day was September 18, 1502, and Columbus was making his fourth and final voyageto the New World. As he was setting anchor off shore, a crowd of local Carib Indians paddled out in canoes and greeted his crew warmly
Archaeologists now know that civilization existed in Costa Ricafor thousands of years before the arrival of Columbus, and evidence of human occupation in the region dates back 10,000 years.
Because Costa Rica is located between 8 and 12 degrees north of theEquator, the climate is tropical year round. However, the country has many microclimates depending on elevation, rainfall, topography, and by the geography of each particular region.
Costa Rica's seasonsare defined by how much rain falls during a particular period and not to the four seasons like in the Northern Hemisphere.
The year can be split into two periods, the dry season, and the rainyseason.
Costa Rica is composed of seven provinces, which in turn are divided into 81 cantons each of which is directed by a mayor. Mayors are chosen democratically every four years by each canton'speople. There are no provincial legislatures. The cantons are further divided into 421 districts. The provinces are:
Alajuela
Cartago
Guanacaste
Heredia
Limón
Puntarenas
San José
Costa Rica was thepoint where the Mesoamerican and South American native cultures met. The northwest of the country, the Nicoya peninsula, was the southernmost point of Nahuatl cultural influence when the Spanishconquerors came in the 16th century. The central and southern portions of the country had Chibcha influences. The Atlantic coast, meanwhile, was populated with African workers during the 17th and 18th...