This article resolves the various uses of the name Gold Coast. In general, a Gold Coast is a wealthy area, strip, neighborhood or region fronting an ocean.
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The Gold Coast was the original name for Ghana, during the British colonial period.
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Agriculture is the mainstay of the Costa Rican economy and most of the land is cultivated, even on the steep slopes of the Central Highlands.
The natives of pre-Colombian Costa Rica were skilled in the art stone carving; the artefacts were often used in trade between the native races of Central and South America, as well as objects of gold and other metals.
Costa Rican voters chose a conservative economist, Miguel Angel Rodriguez Echeverria of the Partido de Unidad Socialcristiana (PUSC; Social Christian Unity Party) as the country's new president in February 1998.