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Encyclopedia > Afro Costa Rican

Afro Costa Ricans, as the /b/tards say, is a Costa Rican that is of African desendent. The Afro Costa Ricans were immigrant workers from Jamaica that were used for slave labor. The slaves were forced to labor on the the cacao plantations. Many of the Afro Ticos (a term that Costa Ricans use to identify themselves) live in the province of Limon, the only province with a caribbean coast. World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second_largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... Binomial name Theobroma cacao L. For the town in French Guiana see Cacao, French Guiana Cacao (Theobroma cacao) is a small (4–8 m tall) evergreen tree in the family Sterculiaceae (alternatively Malvaceae), native to tropical South America, but now cultivated throughout the tropics. ... World map depicting Caribbean: West Indies redirects here. ...



 
 

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