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__**//WEATHER IN COSTA RICA//**__ __**//HOLIDAYS IN COSTA RICA//**__ > **Palmares Festival**: first two weeks of January; food, carnival, parade, bingo, concerts and more. [|costa rica video]
 * //__COSTA RICA__//**
 * LOCATED IN CENTRAL AMERICA BETWEEN TH E PACIFIC OCEAN AND THE CARIBBEAN SEA
 * THE POPULATION IS CURRENTLY 4,133,884, THE POPULATION IS 94% WHITE AND MESTIZO, 3% BLACK, 1% AMERINDIAN, 1% CHINESE 1% OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS
 * MAJORITY OF AFRO COSTA RICANS ARE OF AFRICAN DESCENT AND ARE DESCENDENTS OF JAMACIAN IMMIGRANTS
 * COSTA RICA'S FLAG[[image:costa_rica_flag.jpg]]
 * COSTA RICA HAS A $1.9 BILLION PER YEAR TOURISM INDUSTRY AND IT IS THE MOST VISITED NATION IN THE CENTRAL AMERICAN REGION WITH 1.9 BILLION FOREIGN VISITORS IN 2007
 * THE LITERCAY RATE IN COSTA RICA IS 95%, ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN LATIN AMERICA
 * //__THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS__//**
 * [[image:VOLCANO_CRATER.jpg]]PAOS VOLCANO CRATER ONE OF THE BIGGEST TOURIST
 * [[image:OROSI_VALLEY.jpg]]A COFFEE PLANTATION IN THE OROSI VALLEY
 * [[image:200px-Basilica_de_los_Angeles_2007.jpg]]CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS
 * [[image:Teatro_National_de_Costa_Rica_-_inside.jpg]]TEATRO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA
 * **//THE AVERAGE ANNUAL TEMPERATURE IS//** **//21.7°C (71°F) and 27°C (81°F).//**
 * **//MARCH THROUGH MAY ARE THE WARMEST MONTHS//**
 * **//NOVEMBER THROUGH JANUARY ARE THE COLDEST MONTHS//**
 * **//THE NATIONAL CLIMATE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SEASONS: DRY AND RAINY//**
 * **//DRY SEASON RUNS FROM JANUARY TO MAY//**
 * **//RAINY SEASON RUNS FROM MAY TO DECEMBER//**
 * SEPTEMBER 15TH IS INDEPENDENCE DAY: RELAY RACE THROUGHOUT ALL OF CENTRAL AMERICA, CARRY FREEDOM TORCHES,AND PARADE WITH LANTERNS
 * **SAN ISIDRO DE GENERAL FESTIVAL: OCTOBER 10TH CELEBRATE THE FOUNDING OF THIS FAST GROWING CITY**
 * **MOTHERS' DAY: AUGUST 15TH NATIONAL HOLIDAY**
 * **SAN ISIDRO LABOR DAY: MAY 15TH ALL THE VILLAGES THAT ARE NAMED AFTER SAN ISIDRO THE PATRON SAINT OF FARMERS CELEBRATE WITH CARNIVALS AND PARADES. ANIMALS AND CROPS RECIEVE BLESSINGS**
 * **Christmas Celebrations**: nativity scenes are put up in homes and businesses. Children begin singing Christmas carols on December 15th.
 * **JANUARY**
 * //__Music__//**
 * classical music
 * folk music
 * jazz
 * calypso