Present-day country
Costa Rica
3 nations list Costa Rica among their present-day countries.
Present-day countries are listed by ISO 3166 names. Many nations live across more than one.
3 nations
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Bribri
Also known as Bri bri
Lands The Talamanca mountains of southern Costa Rica, on both the Caribbean (Limón) and Pacific (Puntarenas) sides, with smaller communities in Bocas del Toro, Panama
Bribri communities also live in Panama, where the 2023 census counted 766 Bribri people.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo (INEC), Panama (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Cabécar
Lands Indigenous territories in the Talamanca mountains and Chirripó area of Costa Rica, in Limón, Cartago and Puntarenas provinces
Costa Rica's 2013 list of Indigenous territories includes Cabécar territories such as Alto Chirripó, Bajo Chirripó, Talamanca Cabécar, Ujarrás and Telire.
Source: Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC) (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Ngäbe
Also known as Ngöbe
Lands The Ngäbe-Buglé comarca in western Panama (parts of Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí and Veraguas), nearby lands in Panama, and Ngäbe territories in southern Costa Rica
Panama's 2023 census counted 444,878 Ngäbe people.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo (INEC), Panama (opens in a new tab) Checked