General Country Information
Capital: San José
Population: 4,133,884 (July 2007)
Form of Government: Democratic Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone- main lines: 1.388 million (2005)
Telephone- mobile: 1.101 million (2005)
Internet hosts: 12,751 (2006)
Internet users: 1 million (2005)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.46
World Rank 2005/2006: 74
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Asociacion Costarricense de Padres de Niños Excepcionales
tedefusa@sol.racsa.co.cr
Asociacion Nacional de Mujeres Ciegas (National Asociation of Blind Women)
no contact information currently available
Asociacion Nacional de Sordos de Costa Rica (ANSACOR)
no contact information currently available
Consejo Nacional de Rehabilitacion y Educacion Especial (CNREE)
info@cnree.go.cr
Patronato Nacional de Ciegos (National Committee for the Blind)
panaci@sol.racsa.co.cr