Demographics
As in the majority of Costa Rica, the official and most-spoken language is Spanish. However, due to the presence of Quakers and 3 schools taught at least partially in English, one can expect a fair deal of bilingual Costa Ricans. Hotels and hostels as well as restaurants will have either English menus or staff who can speak English due to the large number of tourists from English speaking countries.
The population of the town of Monteverde has between 250 to 750 residents, of whom about 50 are Quaker. The more developed Costa Rican-dominated town of Santa Elena has 6,500 permanent residents as of the most recent census.
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