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131:serves American families in Costa Rica.
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720:Dominican Republic (African Americans)
586:Children of American service members
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242:Ancestry and ethnicity in Costa Rica
107:American retirees, many of whom are
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925:Costa Rica–United States relations
915:American expatriates in Costa Rica
900:American diaspora in North America
154:Costa Rica–United States relations
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134:The Tico Lingo Spanish School in
910:American emigrants to Costa Rica
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25:"Estadounidenses en Costa Rica"
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703:United Empire Loyalists
539:Black Hebrew Israelites
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80:Related ethnic groups
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588:(multiple countries)
581:United Arab Emirates
198:Living in Costa Rica
149:Costa Rican American
688:Black Nova Scotians
74:Costa Rican Spanish
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673:The Bahamas
637:Netherlands
561:Philippines
551:North Korea
340:Nicaraguans
894:Categories
710:Costa Rica
483:The Gambia
330:Colombians
160:References
102:Costa Rica
54:Puntarenas
50:Guanacaste
863:Venezuela
836:New Texas
821:Americana
811:Argentina
790:Australia
725:Guatemala
524:Hong Kong
325:Americans
122:Education
60:Languages
872:See also
853:Paraguay
752:Kickapoo
742:Honduras
642:Portugal
556:Pakistan
335:Mexicans
318:Americas
268:European
177:Archived
143:See also
46:San José
858:Uruguay
848:Ecuador
783:Oceania
762:Mormons
757:Mascogo
627:Ireland
617:Germany
493:Liberia
404:Chinese
368:Cabécar
309:Mulatto
291:Swedish
286:Spanish
281:Italian
258:Mestizo
136:Heredia
816:Brazil
747:Mexico
683:Canada
678:Belize
652:Sweden
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605:France
598:Europe
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475:Africa
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