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Name: Republic of Costa Rica

Type: Polity

Start: 1839 AD

End: 2022 AD

Nation: costa rica

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This article is about the specific polity Republic of Costa Rica and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Costa Rica emerged from the dissolution of the Federal Republic of Central America.

Establishment


  • January 1839: In 1838, Costa Rica formally withdrew from the Federal Republic of Central America and proclaimed itself sovereign.
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    1. Coto War


    Was a conflict between Panama and Costa Rica over territorial disputes.

  • January 1922: An expeditionary force led by Colonel Héctor Zúñiga Mora occupying on behalf of Costa Rica the town of Pueblo Nuevo de Coto.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1850: Until 1849, when it became part of Panama, Chiriquí was part of Costa Rica.

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