{"id":3660,"date":"2026-04-15T18:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.costaricaguides.com\/?page_id=3660"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:44:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:44:14","slug":"costa-rica-y-su-gente","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.costaricaguides.com\/es\/costa-rica\/costa-rica-y-su-gente\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa Rica y su gente"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3660\" class=\"elementor elementor-3660\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42daae9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"42daae9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a298b74 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a298b74\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e34a0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e34a0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Costa Rica y su gente<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ac89b8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8ac89b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2096c80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2096c80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Costa Rica tiene cuatro millones de habitantes. Aproximadamente la mitad de ellos vive en los alrededores de San Jos\u00e9, en el Valle Central.<\/strong> Los costarricenses (ticos) proceden principalmente de una mezcla de ascendencia europea e ind\u00edgena. Sus rasgos f\u00edsicos recuerdan a los de los espa\u00f1oles, pero un buen n\u00famero de ellos presenta diversos rasgos ind\u00edgenas. Menos del uno por ciento de la poblaci\u00f3n es de ascendencia ind\u00edgena pura; la mayor parte vive en reservas situadas en los alrededores de la cordillera de Talamanca.<\/p><p>La regi\u00f3n del Caribe cuenta con un alto porcentaje de descendientes africanos, especialmente a lo largo de la costa. Los abuelos de muchas de estas personas llegaron desde Jamaica para trabajar en la construcci\u00f3n del ferrocarril. Algunos europeos tambi\u00e9n se han establecido en la costa atl\u00e1ntica, atra\u00eddos por el estilo de vida relajado. Los extranjeros representan alrededor del 1 % de la poblaci\u00f3n total. Por \u00faltimo, tambi\u00e9n hay una minor\u00eda de ascendencia china repartida por todo el pa\u00eds.<br \/>Educaci\u00f3n<\/p><p>La Constituci\u00f3n costarricense establece que la ense\u00f1anza primaria es gratuita y obligatoria. Alrededor del 70 % de la educaci\u00f3n secundaria se imparte en institutos p\u00fablicos, mientras que el 30 % restante se imparte en colegios privados acreditados. Muchas universidades nacionales e internacionales ofrecen una gran variedad de titulaciones en diferentes especialidades: algunas incluso se especializan en agricultura, relaciones internacionales o medio ambiente. 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