The colón (plural: colones; sign: ₡; code: CRC) is the currency of Costa Rica. It was named after Christopher Columbus, known as Cristóbal Colón in Spanish...

The colón (₡) refers to two Central American currencies: the Costa Rican colón (CRC), used in Costa Rica since 1896 the Salvadoran colón (SVC), used in...

recipient: $107.1 million (1995) Currency: 1 Costa Rican colon (₡) = 100 centimos Exchange rates: Costa Rican colones (₡) per US$1 – 526.46 (March 27, 2015)...

symbol for other purposes: Costa Rican colón – The common symbol '¢' is frequently used locally to represent '₡', the proper colón designation Ghanaian cedi –...

Costa Rica's poverty was the lack of a significant indigenous population available for encomienda (forced labor), which meant most of the Costa Rican...

real, until 1864, when Costa Rica decimalized and the peso was subdivided into 100 centavos. The peso was replaced by the colón at par in 1896 In 1850...

Colón, Nariño Colón, Putumayo Colón Department (Colombia) Costa Rica Ciudad Colón Cuba Colón, Cuba El Salvador Colón, La Libertad Honduras Colón Department...

Costa Rican cuisine is known for being mostly mild, with high reliance on fruits and vegetables. Rice and black beans are a staple of most traditional...

Costa Rica Costa Rican culture has been heavily influenced by Spanish culture ever since the Spanish colonization of the Americas including the territory...

is required to be president or vice president of the Republic: To be Costa Rican by birth and a citizen in exercise; To have secular status; To be older...

currency  Bolivia Bolivian peso 1986 Bolivian boliviano  Costa Rica Costa Rican peso 1896 Costa Rican colón  Cuba Cuban convertible peso 2020 —  Ecuador Ecuadorian...

Colón, more commonly referred to as Ciudad Colón is a district and the head city of the Mora canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. It is famous...

the State of Costa Rica within the United Provinces of Central America (a blue and white striped United Provinces flag, with the Costa Rican State Seal...

cruzado (from 1986 to 1989) Brazilian cruzado novo (from 1989 to 1990) Costa Rican colón (Between 1917 and 1920 only. As céntimo for other periods.) Ecuadorian...

dollar $ (none) Cent 100 New Zealand dollar $ NZD Cent 100  Costa Rica Costa Rican colón ₡ CRC Céntimo 100  Côte d'Ivoire West African CFA franc Fr XOF...

Oanda. Retrieved 2 January 2014. "CRC - Costa Rican Colon". Xe. Retrieved 31 December 2013. "Costa Rican Colon". Oanda. Retrieved 1 January 2014. "CUC...

Budju – Algeria Cedi – Ghana Chervonets – Russia Colón Costa Rican colón – Costa Rica Salvadoran colón – El Salvador Continental currency – United States...

A centesimal division of the ngultrum ₡ colon Costa Rican colón Also C when ₡ is unavailable U+20A1 ₡ COLON SIGN C$ córdoba Nicaraguan córdoba Also used...

After 1869, Costa Rica established a democratic government. After the Costa Rican Civil War in 1948, the government drafted a new constitution, guaranteeing...

The Costa Rican Civil War took place from 12 March to 24 April 1948 (44 days). The conflict began after the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica, dominated...

Costa Rican literature has roots in colonization and is marked by European influences. Because Costa Rica is a young country, its literary tradition is...

under 3% of the population was of African descent. These are called Afro-Costa Ricans or West Indians and are English-speaking descendants of 19th-century...

districts (distritos). Costa Rica portal Government portal ISO 3166-2:CR Cantons of Costa Rica Districts of Costa Rica List of Costa Rican provinces by Human...

Indigenous people of Costa Rica, or Native Costa Ricans, are the people who lived in what is now Costa Rica prior to European and African contact and...

₡106 billion in Costa Rican colónes. ₡38 billion in Costa Rican colónes. ₡19 billion in Costa Rican colónes. Exceeding ₡10 billion in Costa Rican colónes. ₡322...

peg model (tablita) from 1973 until a banking crisis in 2002. The Costa Rican colón was on a crawling peg model until October 17, 2006. Exchange-rate...

raised dots is now being implemented in a new series of notes for the Costa Rican colón.[citation needed] The U.S. Treasury has announced that the new $10...

The country of Costa Rica has many kinds of music. Though its music has achieved little international credit, Costa Rican popular music genres include...

annual income over Costa Rican colón 41,112,000. As of 2010, the top rate of 30% applies to people earning in excess of Costa Rican colón 82,698,000. Nominally...

symbol for the Ghanaian cedi ₡, the symbol for the Salvadoran and Costa Rican colón "Phonetic symbols for consonants | SIL Mexico". mexico.sil.org. Retrieved...