Mexican immigration to Costa Rica
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| about 5,500 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| San José, various other regions | |
| Languages | |
| Mexican Spanish, Spanish, and a minority of Indigenous Mexican Languages. | |
| Religion | |
| Mostly Roman Catholicism, Protestantism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Mexican people, Mestizo, Indigenous people of Mexico, Spanish people, Latin, Hispanic, Latino, and Chicano. |
The Mexicans in Costa Rica comprise people who emigrated from Mexico to Costa Rica and their descendants. Costa Rica has the most Mexicans living in Central America. The waves of migration from Mexico to Costa Rica started from 1970s, as they were attracted by a stable democracy, a mild climate and political stability that characterizes this country south of Central. The Mexican population in Costa Rica reaches more than 5,000 people who exercise as professionals, doctors, secretaries, among other services. Costa Rica is the seventh destination [1] for Mexican immigrants in the world, and second (after Brazil) in Latin America. Unlike other destinations, most Mexicans who immigrate to Costa Rica are mainly from Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Chihuahua, Baja California and Mexico City. Despite having more cultural elements similar to the northern countries of Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras), Mexicans in Costa Rica are quickly assimilated by the Costa Rican population. From 2010, a new wave of Mexican immigrants began coming to Costa Rica, and these are mainly young professionals, who find no opportunities in their country, migrate to the Central American country. Many others are running away from the waves of violence following the war against drug trafficking in Mexico.
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