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The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater. Suborder: Mysticeti.
Four species of monkey are native to the forests of Costa Rica, the Central American squirrel monkey ( Saimiri oerstedii ), the Panamanian white-faced capuchin ( Cebus imitator ), the mantled howler ( Alouatta palliata) and Geoffroy's spider monkey ( Ateles geoffroyi ). [1] [2] All four species are classified scientifically as New World Monkeys ...
Prism dioptres. Prism correction is commonly specified in prism dioptres, a unit of angular measurement that is loosely related to the dioptre. Prism dioptres are represented by the Greek symbol delta (Δ) in superscript. A prism of power 1 Δ would produce 1 unit of displacement for an object held 100 units from the prism. [2]
The clay-colored thrush is the national bird of Costa Rica. Although Costa Rica is a small country, it is in the bird-rich neotropical region and has a huge number of species for its area. The official bird list published by the Costa Rican Rare Birds and Records Committee of the Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica (AOCR) contained 948 ...
Costa Rica 's official and predominant language is Spanish. The variety spoken there, Costa Rican Spanish, is a form of Central American Spanish . Costa Rica is a linguistically diverse country and home to at least five living local indigenous languages spoken by the descendants of pre-Columbian peoples: Maléku, Cabécar, Bribri, Guaymí, and ...
The Constitution of Costa Rica states, "For Public Administration purposes, the national territory is divided into provinces, these into cantons and cantons into districts." The country consists of 7 provinces ( provincias ), 84 cantons ( cantones ), and 489 districts ( distritos ). [2]
Centro Costarricense de la Ciencia y la Cultura. Museo de los Niños (The Children's Museum) Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo (Museum of Contemporary Art and Design) Museo de Formas Espacios y Sonidos (Shapes, Spaces, and Sounds Museum) Museo de Oro Precolombiano (The Museum of Pre-Columbian Gold)
Before 1994, all phone numbers in Costa Rica were six digits long. The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, which at that time had the monopoly on telecommunications, introduced a system in which the telephone numbers in every province were assigned a prefix to make them 7 digits long. This numbering system was effective for some time.
Costa Rica ( UK: / ˌkɒstəˈriːkə /, US: / ˌkoʊstə -/ ⓘ; Spanish: [ˈkosta ˈrika]; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, [11] is a country in the Central American region of North America. Costa Rica is bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the ...
Public universities in Costa Rica. Distance State University (UNED) is focused on distance learning. Its main offices are in Sabanilla district, Montes de Oca canton, and it has many local branch campuses for classes and exams. National Technical University (UTN) in Alajuela. National University of Costa Rica (UNA) is located in Heredia and has ...