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China Provides 100,000 USD Earthquake Relief Aid to Costa Rica

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$138,732
Commitment Year2009Country of ActivityCosta RicaSectorEmergency ResponseFlow TypeGrant

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Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 19, 2009
Start (actual)
Jan 19, 2009
End (actual)
Jan 19, 2009

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This project provided earthquake relief aid in the San Jose Province of Costa Rica after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit near the capital city of San Jose. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3223004.

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

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China Provides 100,000 USD Earthquake Relief Aid to Costa Rica

Narrative

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Project narrative

On January 19, 2009, China delivered a 100,000 USD relief aid after a 6.2 Magnitude earthquake hit Costa Rica. The strongest earthquake in 150 years in Costa Rica was estimated to affect 120,000 people and cause an economic loss of over 100 million dollars.