Tell me about the things i listed below about the costa rica Please?
March 7th, 2010
Tell me about the things i listed below about the costa rica Please?
Tell me about the things i listed below about the costa rica Please?
14. Population
15 Language
16. Religion
17. Life Expectancy
18. Literacy
19. Gross National Product
20. Per Capita GNP
21. Industry
22. Agriculture
23. Exports
24. Imports
Population: 4,195,914 (July 2008 est.)
Language: Spanish (official), English
Religion: Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah’s Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2%
Life Expectancy: total population: 77.4 years
male: 74.79 years
female: 80.14 years (2008 est.)
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94.9%
male: 94.7%
female: 95.1% (2000 census)
Industries: microprocessors, food processing, medical equipment, textiles and clothing, construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products
Agriculture: bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes; beef; timber
Exports: bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar; seafood; electronic components, medical equipment ($9.268 billion (2007 est.))
Imports: raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum, construction materials ($12.26 billion (2007 est.))
one word….. WIKIPEDIA
….why did just start from 14?? hmmmm
Comment by CyNN™ Strummer — March 7, 2010 @ 9:04 pm
Population: 4,195,914 (July 2008 est.)
Language: Spanish (official), English
Religion: Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah’s Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2%
Life Expectancy: total population: 77.4 years
male: 74.79 years
female: 80.14 years (2008 est.)
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94.9%
male: 94.7%
female: 95.1% (2000 census)
Industries: microprocessors, food processing, medical equipment, textiles and clothing, construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products
Agriculture: bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes; beef; timber
Exports: bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar; seafood; electronic components, medical equipment ($9.268 billion (2007 est.))
Imports: raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum, construction materials ($12.26 billion (2007 est.))
Comment by italian05! — March 7, 2010 @ 9:47 pm
14- 4,462,193 people
15- Spanish is the official language, patua is spoken in some parts of the carribean side.
16- Mainly catholic
17- 79 years old
18- Literacy is 96 %
19- GNP is 26.24 billion dollars
20- Per capita $5,560
21- Coffee has been the number one industry in Costa Rica next is pineapple, cocoa and bananas, Now most are small industries but a few larger scale ones are chemical fertilizers, textiles, coffee and cocoa processing, chemicals, plastics, electronics, and computer chips, garment assembly and tuna processing ,aluminum processing, a petrochemical plant, oil refinery and last but not least tourism.
22- Agriculture :About 9.9% (505,000 hectares/1,248,000 acres) of the total land area is used for crop production. Nearly half of all farms average less than 10 hectares (25 acres) in size. Over 327,000 persons, or about 20% of the economically active population, were engaged in farming in 1998.
Corn and sugar crops are usually sufficient to meet domestic needs, but beans and rice must be imported from time to time. Agriculture accounted for about 9% of the GDP in 2001. The principal cash crops are coffee, bananas, cocoa, and sugar. Coffee and bananas together accounted for 31% of exports in 2001, with values of $163.4 million and $501.1 million, respectively.
Over 85% of coffee properties belong to Costa Ricans. The banana industry has been producing more than one million tons of bananas annually since the 1970s. The principal marketer of Costa Rica’s bananas is Standard Fruit Co. Corn, rice, potatoes, beans, sisal, cotton, citrus fruits, pita (used to make hats, baskets, and mats), yucca, vegetables, pineapples and other fruits, tobacco, abaca (hemp), and vegetable oils (especially African and coconut palms) are produced primarily for domestic consumption. Estimated crop production in 1999 (in tons) was sugar (raw), 375,000; bananas, 2,101,000; rice, 262,000; coffee, 147,000; corn, 30,000; dry beans, 17,000; and cocoa, 4,000. In 1999, agricultural output was 26% higher than the annual average during 1989–91.
23- Exports : Coffee, electronics, pharmaceuticals, financial outsourcing, software development, and ecotourism, bananas, pineapple, sugar, lumber, wood products and beef .
24- Imports : rice, beans,
Comment by AttorneyKearney — March 7, 2010 @ 9:50 pm