Republic of Costa RicaRepública de Costa Rica CAPITAL: San José FLAG: The national flag consists of five horizontal stripes of blue, white, red, white, and blue, the center stripe being wider than the others. ANTHEM: Himno Nacional,...

Slightly smaller than West Virginia, Costa Rica has an area of 19,652 square miles (51,032 square kilometers). Its terrain is rugged and divided from north to south by a central mountain range that separates the eastern and western coastal plains....

Costa Rica Costa Rica is situated in the Central American isthmus and borders Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the southwest. It has extensive coastlines on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Costa Rica, the third smallest country in...

Costa Rica POPULATION 3,834,934ROMAN CATHOLIC 70.1 percentPROTESTANT 18 percentOTHER RELIGIONS 1.8 percentNONRELIGIOUS 10.1 percent Country Overview Introduction Costa Rica is a predominantly Spanish-speaking county located in Central America. Largely...

Abel Pacheco de la EspreillaPresident (pronounced "AY-bell pah-CHAY-koh duh lah ess-PREE-yah") "We will compete without destroying nature because, beyond the events of the moment, our rich biodiversity will always be a great...

country of Central America. Its capital is San José. Of all the Central American countries, Costa Rica is generally regarded as having the most stable and most democratic government. Its constitution of 1949 provides for a unicameral...

Country, Central America. Area: 19,730 sq mi (51,100 sq km). Population (2006 est.): 4,274,000. Capital: San José. Most of the people are of Spanish ancestry or are mestizos. Language: Spanish (official). Religion: Christianity (predominantly...

Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica (Spanish: Costa Rica or República de Costa Rica, pronounced [reËpuβlikaðeËkostaËrika]), is a republic in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the east-southeast, the...