visions:
525,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.cr

Internet hosts:
10,826 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
3 (of which only one is legal) (2000)

Internet users:
800,000 (2002)

Transportation Costa Rica

Railways:
total: 278 km
narrow gauge: 278 km 1.067-m gauge (2004)

Highways:
total: 35,303 km
paved: 4,236 km
unpaved: 31,067 km (2002)

Waterways:
730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2004)

Pipelines:
refined products 242 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Caldera, Puerto Limon

Merchant marine:
total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,716 GRT/ DWT
by type: passenger/cargo 2 (2005)

Airports:
149 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 30
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 18
under 914 m: 8 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 119
914 to 1,523 m: 24
under 914 m: 95 (2004 est.)

Military Costa Rica

Military branches:
no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security,
Government, and Police

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age (2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 997,690 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 829,874 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 41,097 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$64.2 million (2004)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.4% (2003)

Transnational Issues Costa Rica

Disputes - international:
legal dispute over navigational rights of Rio San Juan on the
border with Nicaragua remains unresolved

Illicit drugs:
transshipment country for cocaine and heroin from South America;
illicit production of cannabis on small, scattered plots; domestic
cocaine consumption, particularly crack cocaine, is rising

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005

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@Cote d'Ivoire

Introduction Cote d'Ivoire

Background:
Close ties to France since independence in 1960, the development of
cocoa production for export, and foreign investment made Cote
d'Ivoire one of the most prosperous of the tropical African states,
but did not protect it from political turmoil. On 25 December 1999,
a military coup - the first ever in Cote d'Ivoire's history -
overthrew the government led by Presi