The Republic of Costa Rica

by Gustavo Niederlein

Comarca de Puntarenas.

	Readers.	Readers and writers.
Puntarenas	7.05	16.55
Esparza	7.43	11.76
	7.15	15.25

Comarca de Limon.

	Readers.	Readers and writers.
Limon	5.76	31.25
Total Costa Rica	11.60	19.82

The total literates were 76,423 persons, or 31.42 per cent of the population.

In the capitals of the different provinces and comarcas the proportion was as follows:

	Readers.		Readers and Writers.
San José	25.37	per cent.	44.62	per cent.
Alajuela	16.92	”	31.58	”
Cartago	19.99	”	37.83	”
Heredia	15.66	”	36.31	”
Liberia	9.38	”	21.96	”
Puntarenas	17.25	”	26.24	”
Limon	13.47	”	39.55	”
	20.53	”	38.77	”

For these cities the total literates were 23,488 persons or 59.5 per cent. of their population.

There were, out of the total number, 17,483 school children, who were taught by 451 teachers in public schools.

There were also 6289 foreigners in the country, of which