Difference between revisions of "Costa Rica"

From Anabaptistwiki
 
(One intermediate revision by one other user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Languages}}
+
{{GoogleTranslateLinks}}
 
{{stub}}
 
{{stub}}
 
{{infobox
 
{{infobox
Line 39: Line 39:
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 +
[http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/C67085.html/?searchterm=costa%20rica Costa Rica] ''on Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online''.
  
 
==Citations==
 
==Citations==

Latest revision as of 13:04, 29 July 2010

Costa Rica
Cs-map.gif
Costa Rica: World Factbook, 2009[1]

Area

51,100 sq km[1]

Population

4,253,877 (July 2009)[1]

Languages

Spanish (official), English[1]

Religions

Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2%[1]

Ethnicity

white (including mestizo) 94%, black 3%, Amerindian 1%, Chinese 1%, other 1%[1]

Groups Associated with MWC

2 (2006)[2]

Membership in MWC Affiliated Churches

2,831 (2006)[2]

Costa Rica is a country in Central America with a population of 4,253,877 (July 2009 estimate).[1] In 2006 there were two organized Anabaptist-related groups officially associated with Mennonite World Conference (MWC) with a total membership of 9,856.[2]

Click the following link to learn more about other Anabaptist-related groups in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Create new articles that tell stories about the Anabaptists of Costa Rica and insert links to those stories here. Click here to learn more about stories.

Anabaptist-Related Groups

In 2006 there were two Anabaptist-related groups officially associated with MWC in Costa Rica:

Annotated Bibliography

External Links

Costa Rica on Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online.

Citations

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Costa Rica," CIA World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cs.html (accessed 6 August 2009).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "2006 Mennonite and Brethren in Christ World Membership," Mennonite World Conference. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/PDF-PPT/2006mbictotal.pdf (accessed 5 August 2009).