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JOANNE

Fun facts

• It has a life expectancy 平均壽命 of almost 77 years, one of the highest in the world.

• There are more than 121 volcanic 火山 ( 性 )的 formations 構成 in Costa Rica, and seven of them are active 活躍的 . Poas Volcano has the second widest crater 火山口 in the world (nearly one mile 英里 = 1.609 km) in diameter 直徑 , and Arenal Volcano is one of the ten most active volcanoes in the world.

• More than 25% of Costa Rica’s land is dedicated專用的 to national parks 國家公園 , reserves保護區 and wildlife 野生生物 refuges 庇護 . There are more than 100 different protected 受保護的 areas 地區 to visit.

• Costa Ricans refer to 把 ... 歸屬 ( 於 ) themselves as Ticos (males 男子 ) or Ticas (females 女人 ). The use 使用 of Ticos and Ticas are only used as males and females in Costa Rica.

• Cost Ricans speak Spanish, and English is most of people’s second language because there are many tourists 觀光者 . For people who can speak two languages they are bilingual 雙語的 .

• Costa Rica has more than 5% of the world’s biodiversity 生物多樣性 even though its landmass 大陸 only takes up .03% of the planet‘s 行星的 surface 表面 .

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