The following are the national public holidays of Costa Rica . Of the eleven days, nine are paid holidays and two are not. [1]
Date | English Name | Local Name | Remarks |
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January 1 | New Year's Day | Año Nuevo | The celebration of the first day of the Gregorian Calendar. |
The Thursday before Easter Sunday | Maundy Thursday | Jueves Santo | |
The Friday before Easter Sunday | Good Friday | Viernes Santo | |
April 11 | Juan Santamaría Day | Día de Juan Santamaría | Santamaría was a hero in the battle against North American Filibuster William Walker in 1856. |
May 1 | Labour Day | Día Internacional del Trabajo | |
July 25 | Annexation of the Party of Nicoya to Costa Rica | Anexión del Partido de Nicoya a Costa Rica | Celebrates the annexation of the Party of Nicoya in 1824. |
August 2 | Feast of Our Lady of the Angels | Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles | Employers must provide an unpaid day off. [1] |
August 15 | Mother's Day | Día de la Madre | Also the Assumption of Mary. |
August 24 | National Parks Day | Día de los Parques Nacionales | Celebrado desde 1986. |
September 9 | Día del Niño | Día del Niño | |
September 15 | Independence Day | Día de la Independencia | Celebrates the Act of Independence of Central America of 1821. |
December 1 | Army Abolition Day | Día de la Abolición del Ejército | Celebrates abolition of Costa Rican army since 1948. [2] Employers must provide an unpaid day off. [1] |
December 25 | Christmas Day | Navidad |
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in the Central American region of North America. Costa Rica is bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as maritime border with Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around five million in a land area of 51,060 km2 (19,710 sq mi). An estimated 333,980 people live in the capital and largest city, San José, with around two million people in the surrounding metropolitan area.
The first indigenous peoples of Costa Rica were hunters and gatherers, and when the Spanish conquerors arrived, Costa Rica was divided in two distinct cultural areas due to its geographical location in the Intermediate Area, between Mesoamerican and the Andean cultures, with influences of both cultures.
San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of the province of the same name. It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Central Valley, within San José Canton. San José is Costa Rica's seat of national government, focal point of political and economic activity, and major transportation hub. San José Canton's population was 288,054 in 2011, and San José's municipal land area is 44.2 square kilometers, with an estimated 333,980 residents in 2015. Together with several other cantons of the central valley, including Alajuela, Heredia and Cartago, it forms the country's Greater Metropolitan Area, with an estimated population of over 2 million in 2017. The city is named in honor of Joseph of Nazareth.
Alajuela is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the north-central part of the country, bordering Nicaragua to the north. It also borders the provinces of Heredia to the east, San José to the south, Puntarenas to the southwest and Guanacaste to the west. As of 2011, the province had a population of 885,571. Alajuela is composed of 16 cantons, which are divided into 111 districts. It covers an area of 9,757.53 square kilometers.
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