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Declared national symbol during the presidency of Luis Guillermo Solís, on July 15th, 2014, through Law No. 17984. The project was presented by a group of students from the Barrio Limoncito School in the province of Limon and driven by Gerardo Vargas, a Limon legislature, so that national authorities promote conservation policies of this species.
In Costa Rica, manatees are concentrated throughout the Caribbean (Sixaola River, Gandoca Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge, Pacuare River lagoons, Tortuguero National Park lagoons and Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge), where largest populations are found in freshwater systems in key protected areas within the Tortuguero Conservation Area. Its main threat is the transit of boats with engines that mobilize tourists on the Tortuguero canals, deforestation, poor research and contamination of waterways.
This law also declares manatee sanctuaries as places of absolute protection and income to these sites will be only for scientific purposes or for the control, inspection and monitoring by the relevant authorities.
The word “manatee” in the Caribbean Indian language, means “with breasts.” Its scientific name comes from the Latin word Trichechus, referring to the small hairs or bristles scattered over his body; and manatus comes from the Greek word μανάτος (manatus), which refers to the common characteristic of mammals nurse their breeding.
The Manatee or Sea Cow (Trichechus manatus) is a sirenio specie of the Trichechidae family living from the Gulf of Mexico to the mouth of the Amazon River. It is a big animal that has a fish-fin with a rounded terminal spatula-shaped appearance. Its skin is finely wrinkled, with five centimeters thick, usually covered by algae and small molluscs. The head widens and joins without any neck or shoulders or any part at the end of his body. Manatees have flexible forelegs and as an oar, or fins, which are used to help the scroll on the bottom, scratch, touch and even to embrace other manatees, to move food in and facilitate the cleaning of their mouths. They are gentle herbivores that spend most of their time searching for and ingesting coastal seabed and shallow water plants. Manatees live in both sweet and salty waters near the coast.
Like other manatees, is a species fully adapted to aquatic life. The distribution of fur on their body is weak, which prevents the accumulation of algae on their skin. Is about 3 meters long, and weighs between 400 and 600 kilograms, being females generally larger than males. Larger Manatees can weigh up to 1,500 kilograms and measure up to 4.6 meters. The skin color can vary from gray to brown. Their fins have 3 or 4 nails, used to keep the food when foraging.
Although females are usually solitary creatures, form mating herds while in estrus. Most females breeding successfully between the ages of seven and nine years, while capable of playing from the age of four. The gestation period is twelve to fourteen months. Usually gives birth to one baby, but rarely are born two. At birth, on average weighs 35 kg and measures 90 to 120 cm long and depends entirely on their mother, so she stays with it at least 2 years.
The males go around the female herds when ready to conceive, but not contribute to any parental brood care. Generally, females produce one breeding every 2-5 years. Therefore, manatees that survive to adulthood have an average of no more than play five to seven babies between the ages of 20 and 26. They can live up to 60 years in a wild environment, but their life expectancy is lower.
Address: On 2nd Av., between Central and 2nd St., district: Catedral, canton: San José, province: San José, Costa Rica. Zone postal code: 10104.
Its architectural beauty sets the trend in the Baroque style, surrounded by Corinthians pilasters, which enhances the Melico Salazar Theater prominences that adorn its facade. It consists of four levels with stall seats, boxes and the gallery.
Address: 2nd Av., between 3rd and 5th St., district: Catedral, canton: San Jose, province: San Jose, Costa Rica. Zone postal code: 10104.
A century after constructed, careful care is still taken, to complete this job it has a national workshop of masons, some of them direct descendants of those involved in its construction. Being a legitimate pride in Costa Rica, it has been supplemented by the “Plaza de la Cultura”, annexed, with art exhibition galleries, cultural conferences, of wide and modern design, particularly in contrast with the classic modernist style of the National Theater.
San Jose offers, like many other parts of the republic, sites of historical interest, which speak of the gradual, peaceful and democratic path that the Costa Rican people had been to, and indicate the national will to reach higher levels, starting with the best the world offers for each era.
decent standard in health care, because that was a better measure of investment than an army. These converging public and private efforts, a responsibility that largely falls on the “Caja” that together with the Ministry of Health, serves absolutely everyone in the country.
technicians with high level and long experience, which makes the country occupies an enviable health status. In addition, the standard of living and health that exist within the country are relatively high, with a long life expectancy, low infant mortality rates, and almost total access to potable water, are characteristic of a country with devotion to the welfare of its citizens.
breast implants in Costa Rica, proceedings from costs of Europe or North America. Internet and the ability to transmit photos online has been a great help for cosmetic surgeons, enabling them to make online consultations with patient’s pre-and post-operative.
the obligation to pay in advance and wait for reimbursement. Otherwise, the patient must pay the fees and outpatient clinics will be reimbursed for three to six weeks later.
which doesn’t have its own school.
The higher education sector is strong, as it has been developing well since the last century, but it was not until 1940 that the University of Costa Rica (UCR), the largest university in the country, was founded. Thirty years later, it created some other public universities such as the National University (UNA), the Technological Institute of Costa Rica (ITCR), the Autonomous University of Central America (UACA) and the Distance State University (UNED). The first of many private universities were established in 1977.
system and promoting the integral development of student populations, as well as contributing to a stable and adequate funding of the education system.
of 464 km between the borders. Costa Rica is bordered to the North with Nicaragua, Panama to the south, the west by the Pacific Ocean and east with the Caribbean Sea. The country is divided into seven provinces: San José, Alajuela, Cartago, Heredia, Puntarenas, Guanacaste and Limón, and these into cantons and districts.
the few islands of Costa Ricans are in the Gulf of Nicoya on the Pacific Ocean, highlighting among them the Chira Island, which was an ancient indigenous settlement and today has some small villages of farmers and ranchers. The Calero Island which is the largest island of the country with 151.6 km2 (58.5 square miles). As well as the famous Cocos Island with 24 km2 (9.3 square miles), which is also recognized as a National Park, about 500 kilometers from the coast and in the Pacific Ocean, is the farthest possession of the country and currently competes to be one of the wonders of the world, and still at present is a source of legends about invaluable treasures buried there centuries ago by pirates who ravaged the Spanish colonies in America. The temperature ranges between 37°C in coastal areas.
Monteverde cloud forest.
the lowest mountainous areas and 16°C in the highest.
and September, known as “El Veranillo”, which could be translated as “short summer”. All this, of course, is a simplification, because there are considerable differences depending on the position and altitude. For example, in the lowlands of the Caribbean it rains throughout the year, often recording over 5000mm (200in), this pattern is repeated in the South Pacific region. Humidity is also higher on the Caribbean side than on the Pacific side. The mean annual temperature on the coastal lowlands is around 27°C (81°F). The hot, dry lands of the country are in the province of Guanacaste in the northwest, where temperatures often reach 40°C (105°F).
Alvaro del Castillo V.
of meritorious acts carried out in full view of all, in communities so small that they were almost family circles. Anyone who was fortunate enough to have access to cultural advances was bound to share them in these small circles where everyone was all ears. Political concern must have been born in the heat of this daily isolation of the new colony, and gradually took shape in the need for a government of its own, partly due to the distance from the administration center which governed them and partly to the lack of adequate means of communication. Thus it was that the coming of emancipation three hundred years after Columbus’ arrival in Costa Rica found a society which was mature for the responsibility of its coming of age as an independent, responsible and sovereign nation. Already the strong democratic root was unmovable anchored in nationhood. These two phenomena had certainly been born and had grown into a single social force, a force which spread as the years went by, and even more strongly during the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century when both took their nourishment from progress in the social and political ideas which have fashioned the world of today.
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