Communications of Costa Rica

Telephones - main lines in use: 1.351 million (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 1.101 million (2005)
Telephone system: general assessment: the parastatal monopoly provides good domestic telephone service in terms of breadth of coverage; restricted cellular telephone service
domestic: point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave, fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is available
international: country code - 506; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); 2 submarine cables (2006)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 (2002)
Radios: 980,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 20 (plus 43 repeaters) (2002)
Televisions: 525,000 (1997)
Internet country code: .cr
Internet hosts: 12,751 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3 (of which only one is legal) (2000)
Internet users: 1 million (2005)

Costa Rica Quickstats

  • Population: 4,133,884 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 51,100 sq km
  • Density: 85 /km² (107th)
  • GDP (total): $48.77 billion (84th)
  • GDP (per capita): $12,000�(62nd)
  • Literacy: 96%

Languages of Costa Rica

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  • Currency: Costa Rican colon (CRC)
  • Dial code: +506

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