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Costa Rica Facts
Drinking Water
The water is
potable in most
of the country.
We recommend
using bottled
water, specially
in areas around
the coast.
Currency
The Costa Rican
currency is
called Colon. US
dollars and
major credit
cards are widely
accepted.
Click here for
the current exchange
rate.
Sales tax in
Costa Rica
Sales tax is
13%
Telecommunications
Cellular and
fixed line
telephone
services are
provided by the
only telecom in
Costa Rica, the
Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE).
ICE also
provides ADSL
internet service
and cable modem
and dial up
internet are
provided by its
subsidiary,
RACSA.
All telephone
numbers in Costa
Rica are eight
digits. All
cellular numbers
start with an 8.
Country code is
506,. Dial 001
to call
US/Canada, 00
all other
countries.
Newspapers,
Radio &
Television
Daily newspapers
include La
Nacion, Diario
Extra, La
Repubblica,
Prensa Libre and
La Teja. All
publish in
Spanish. Tico
Times publishes
weekly in
English. Online
publications, in
English, include
Inside Costa
Rica,
Tico Times
and
AM Costa Rica
Local television
stations include
Teletica
(Channel 7) and
Repretel
(Channels 4, 6
and 11). Cable
companies like
Cabletica and
Amnet, provide a
variety of
channels like
AXN, Warner
Brothers, Sony,
HBO and CBS, NBC
and ABC
affiliates.
Although there
many radio
stations on the
dial, few offer
programming in
English, like
Radio2
(99.5 FM). |
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