hello hello friends, this is a map of beautiful Costa Rica. it borders the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Costa Rica also borders Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south.

The highest point in the country is Cerro Chirripó, at 3,819 meters. The highest volcano in the country is the Irazú Volcano 3,431 m and the largest lake is Lake Arenal. There are 14 known volcanoes in Costa Rica, and six of them have been active in the last 75 years.

Costa Rica experiences a tropical climate year-round. There are two seasons. The "summer" or dry season is December to April, and the "winter" or rainy season is May to November.

Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas)
There is a rich variety of plants and Costa Rican wildlife.

One national park, the Corcovado National Park, is internationally renowned among ecologists for its biodiversity (including big cats and tapirs) and is where visitors can expect to see an abundance of wildlife. Corcovado is the one park in Costa Rica where all four Costa Rican monkey species can be found. These include the white-headed capuchin, the mantled howler, the endangered Geoffroy's spider monkey, and the Central American squirrel monkey, found only on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and a small part of Panama, if you made it until the end you are probably the first, hahaha hehehe, dont laugh, if you laugh you must subscribe to my channel for the love of costa rica. Costa Rica officially the Republic of Costa Rica (Spanish: República de Costa Rica), is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, and maritime border with Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around five million in a land area of 51,060 km2 (19,710 sq mi). An estimated 333,980 people live in the capital and largest city, San José, with around two million people in the surrounding metropolitan area.

The sovereign state is a unitary presidential constitutional republic. It is known for its long-standing and stable democracy, and for its highly educated workforce. The country spends roughly 6.9% of its budget (2016) on education, compared to a global average of 4.4%. Its economy, once heavily dependent on agriculture, has diversified to include sectors such as finance, corporate services for foreign companies, pharmaceuticals, and ecotourism. Many foreign manufacturing and services companies operate in Costa Rica's Free Trade Zones (FTZ) where they benefit from investment and tax incentives.

Costa Rica was inhabited by indigenous peoples before coming under Spanish rule in the 16th century. It remained a peripheral colony of the empire until independence as part of the First Mexican Empire, followed by membership in the Federal Republic of Central America, from which it formally declared independence in 1847. Following the brief Costa Rican Civil War in 1948, it permanently abolished its army in 1949, becoming one of only a few sovereign nations without a standing army.

Largest cities or towns in Costa Rica
Census 2011[citation needed]
Rank Name Province Pop.
San José
San José
Cartago
Cartago 1 San José San José 342 188 Heredia
Heredia
2 Cartago Cartago 151 744
3 Heredia Heredia 128 550
4 Puntarenas Puntarenas 122 335
5 Limón Limón 96 314
6 Liberia Guanacaste 64 797
7 San Isidro de El General San José 45 773
8 Alajuela Alajuela 42 975
9 Quesada Alajuela 42 060
10 Desamparados San José 36 794
Religion
Main article: Religion in Costa Rica
Religion in Costa Rica (CIEP 2018)[4]

Catholicism (52%)
Protestantism (25%)
No religion (17%)
Other religions (3%)
No answer (3%)

Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles (Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels), during 2007 pilgrimage
Most Costa Ricans identify with a Christian religion, with Catholicism being the one with the largest number of members and also the official state religion according to the 1949 Constitution, which at the same time guarantees freedom of religion. Costa Rica is the only modern state in the Americas which currently has Catholicism as its state religion; other countries with state religions (Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Orthodox) are in Europe: Liechtenstein, Monaco, the Vatican City, Malta, Norway, United Kingdom, Denmark, Iceland, and Greece

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