Guides to Costa Rica
Costa Rica by Publication Date: 2011E-book. Online resource. Licensed for all KU students, faculty, and staff connecting to the Internet.
Eyewitness Travel Guide - Costa Rica by Publication Date: 2014E-book. Online resource. Licensed for all KU students, faculty, and staff connecting to the Internet.
The Costa Rica Reader by Publication Date: 2004An introduction to Costa Rica, this book includes over 50 texts related to the history, culture, politics, & natural environment.
During the Covid-19 crisis, this text is temporarily available online thru the HathiTrust.
- Costa Rica country profile - OverviewBBC News. 2018
- Costa Rica travel guide(NY Times). Search: Costa Rica.
Travel Information
- Embassy of the United States - San José, Costa RicaMessages for Citizens and Travel Alerts
- Embassy of the U.S. in Costa RicaFAQs about travel.
- Countries and Their Culture - Costa RicaIncludes detailed profile of Costa Rica, and of other nations around the world, and explains the cultural normals and influences.
- TourCostaRica.comTravel and tour information
CDC - Center for Disease Control
Money exchange rate
- Find exchange rates for the Costa Rican colonCurrency converter
CIA World Factbook
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- CIA World Factbook -- Costa RicaThe World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.
Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT)
Wikivoyage
- WikivoyageWikivoyage is a free web-based travel guide for both travel destinations and travel topics written by volunteer authors. Affiliated with Wikimedia.
Telephone calls and Costa Rica
If you are dialing Costa Rica from the U.S., dial 011, then 506 (the country code), then the number. Within Costa Rica, you just need to dial the Costa Rican phone number.
Country Code 506
Ambulance/Red Cross/Police in San José 911
U.S. Embassy in San José 2519-2188
U.S. Embassy in San José website https://cr.usembassy.gov/
Bureau of Consular Affairs, Office of Public Affairs 1-888-407-4747
- number to call while outside U.S. (202) 501-4444
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Costa Rica
- WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN COSTA RICAProperties inscribed on the World Heritage List (4):
NATURAL
Area de Conservación Guanacaste (1999)
Cocos Island National Park (1997)
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves/ La Amistad National Park (1983)
CULTURAL
Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquís (2014)
Mango -- Online Language Study
- Mango languages This link opens in a new windowMango Languages is an online language learning service. Two versions per language are offered: Mango Complete, a 100 lesson course designed to provide an understanding of a language and its culture and Mango Basic, which teaches everyday phrases and greetings. Mango is offered through the State Library of Kansas. You will be required to set up a personal profile and log in to Mango.
Resources for the Study of Latin American Languages
- DuolingoLearn a language for free.
- Open CultureLearn 48 languages online for free. Cultural & educational media on the web.
- Spanish
- Spanish Grammar Exercises (Colby College)
- Jergas de habla hispana
- Diccionarios.com
- LOGOS Dictionary
- travlang's Translating Dictionaries
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World
- iLoveLanguages (formerly known as The Human Languages Page)
- Languages-on-the-Web ("The Site with 30,000 Language Links")
LANIC - Latin American Network Information Center
LANIC's site provides research and academic resources, as well as being a source for news, art, music and recipes from Latin America. Information can be found in English, Spanish and Portuguese. (Description taken from Wikipedia)