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Limon Limon
Limón , city (1995 est. pop. 55,866), capital of Limón prov., Costa Rica, on the Caribbean Sea. Once the leading port of Costa Rica, it has been superseded by Moín. Limón gained importance with the construction of the railroad to San José in the late 1800s and has... Read more
Costa Rica Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. It is bounded on the north by Nicaragua, on the east by the Caribbean Sea, on the southeast by Panama, and on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. The capital and... Read more
San Jose (Costa Rica) San Jose (Costa Rica)
San José , city (1989 pop. 287,535), central Costa Rica, capital and largest city of Costa Rica. San José is the economic, political, and social center of Costa Rica, dominating the Central Valley and the nearby towns, Alajuela , Cartago , and Heredia . During colonial times, the... Read more
Cartago Cartago
Cartago , city (1995 est. pop. 31,413), central Costa Rica, capital of Cartago prov. The raising of livestock and the production of coffee are its main industries. Cartago was founded in 1563. It was the political center of Costa Rica until shortly after independence was won from Spain in 1821 and... Read more
Minor Cooper Keith Minor Cooper Keith
Minor Cooper Keith 1848-1929, American magnate, a founder of the United Fruit Company, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. In the face of incredible hardships he built (1871-90) a railroad from the port of Limón, which he founded on the Caribbean, to San José, capital of Costa Rica. Banana plantations... Read more
Trinidad Trinidad
Trinidad, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, USA 1. ‘(Holy) Trinity’.2. Bolivia: founded as a mission by Jesuits in 1686 and named after the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity.3. Cuba: founded in 1514 by the first governor of Cuba... Read more
Nicaragua Nicaragua
Nicaragua , officially Republic of Nicaragua, republic (2005 est. pop. 5,465,000), 49,579 sq mi (128,410 sq km), Central America. Nicaragua is bordered on the north and northwest by Honduras, on the east by the Caribbean Sea, on the south by Costa Rica, and on the southwest by the Pacific Ocean. The... Read more
Panama Panama
Panama , Span. Panamá, officially Republic of Panama, republic (2005 est. pop. 3,039,000), 29,760 sq mi (77,081 sq km), occupying the Isthmus of Panama, which connects Central and South America. To the west and east of Panama, respectively, are Costa Rica and Colombia; the Panama Canal ... Read more
Anastasio Somoza Anastasio Somoza
Anastasio Somoza , 1896-1956, president of Nicaragua (1937-47, 1950-56). After the end (1933) of U.S. military intervention in Nicaragua, he rose to power as head of the national guard. Though himself a member of the Liberal party, he engineered (1936) a successful coup against the incumbent Liberal... Read more
Ophelia Corrales Ophelia Corrales
Corralès, Ophelia (ca. 1908) Materialization medium of San José, Costa Rica, of whose powers the most astounding claims were made in three publications: the Annals of Psychic Science (1910); El Siglo Espirita, (March 28, 1908), the organ of the Mexican Spiritist Federation; and La Voz... Read more

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