Currency:Costa Rican colon (plural - colones); 1 Costa Rican colon (C) = 100 centimos
Exchange rates:
Costa Rican colones (C) per US$1 - 136.35 (January 1992), 122.43 (1991),
91.58 (1990), 81.504 (1989), 75.805 (1988), 62.776 (1987)
:Costa Rica Economy
Fiscal year: calendar year
:Costa Rica Communications
Railroads:
950 km total, all 1.067-meter gauge; 260 km electrified
Highways:
15,400 km total; 7,030 km paved, 7,010 km gravel, 1,360 km unimproved earth
Inland waterways:
about 730 km, seasonally navigable
Pipelines:
petroleum products 176 km
Ports:
Puerto Limon, Caldera, Golfito, Moin, Puntarenas
Merchant marine:
1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,878 GRT/4,506 DWT
Civil air:
11 major transport aircraft
Airports:
164 total, 149 usable; 28 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways
over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 10 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications:
very good domestic telephone service; 292,000 telephones; connection into
Central American Microwave System; broadcast stations - 71 AM, no FM, 18 TV,
13 shortwave; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station
:Costa Rica Defense Forces
Branches:
Civil Guard, Rural Assistance Guard; note - Constitution prohibits armed
forces
Manpower availability:
males 15-49, 829,576; 559,575 fit for military service; 31,828 reach
military age (18) annually
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $22 million, 0.5% of GDP (1989)
:Croatia Geography
Total area:
56,538 km2
Land area:
56,410 km2
Comparative area:
slightly smaller than West Virginia
Land boundaries:
1,843 km; Bosnia and Hercegovina (east) 751 km, Bosnia and Hercegovina
(southeast) 91 km, Hungary 292 km, Serbia and Montenegro 254 km, Slovenia
455 km
Coastline:
5,790 km; mainland 1,778 km, islands 4,012 km
Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone:
NA nm
Continental shelf:
200-meter depth or to depth of exploitation
Exclusive economic zone:
12 nm
Exclusive fishing zone:
12 nm
Territorial sea:
12 nm
Disputes:
Serbian enclaves in eastern Slavonia and along the western Bosnia and
Hercegovinian border; dispute with Slovenia over fishing rights in Adriatic
Climate:
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot
summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
Terrain:
geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains
and highlands near Adriatic coast, coastline, and islands
Natural resources:
oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, natural asphalt,
silica, mica, clays, salt, fruit, livestock
Land use:
32% arable land; 20% permanent crops; 18% meadows and pastures; 15% forest
and woodland; 9% other; includes 5% irrigated
Environment:
air pollution from metallurgical plants; damaged forest; coastal pollution
from industrial and domestic waste; subject to frequent and destructive
earthquakes
Note:
controls most land routes from Western Europe to Aegean Sea and Turkish
Straits
:Croatia People
Population:
4,784,000 (July 1991), growth rate 0.39% (for the period 1981-91)
Birth rate:
12.2 births/1,000 population (1991)
Death rate:
11.3 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
Net migration rate:
NA migrants/1,000 population (1991)
Infant mortality rate:
10 deaths/1,000 live births (1990)
Life expectancy at birth:
67 years male, 74 years female (1980-82)
Total fertility rate:
NA children born/woman (1991)
