Welcome to costa rica
Costa Rica is a country in Central America. San José, his capital
is the most important city, other important cities are Alajuela, Heredia
and Cartago. Costa Rica is located on the Central American Isthmus,
surrounding the point 10° north of the Equator and 84° west
of the Prime Meridian. It borders both the Caribbean Sea (to the east)
and the North Pacific Ocean (to the west), with a total of 1,290 km
of coastline (212 km on the Caribbean coast and 1,016 km on the Pacific).
Costa Rica shares a border with Nicaragua to the north (309 km long border) and with Panama to the south (330 km long border). In total, Costa Rica comprises 51,100 km2 of which 50,660 km2 is land and 440 km2 is water, making it slightly smaller than the U.S. state of West Virginia.


