Costa Rica

Costa Rica has bewilderingly diverse culture, climates, flora, and fauna, and landscapes range from rainforests, to dry tropical and temperate forests, to volcanoes, to Caribbean and Pacific beaches, to high mountains, and marshy lowlands.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include San José and Alajuela.

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is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. The undisputed cultural and economic center of Costa Rica's central valley, where most of the population lives, is also the most important transportation hub for domestic travel even though the international airport is in .

is a city in the of Costa Rica, near . It is not to be confused with Province, which extends north from the city of to .

, commonly known as Limón, is a major city for cruise ships traveling through the Panama Canal. It is also a major transit point for travellers wishing to travel to by boat from the port of Moin, which is 15 minutes by bus from .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Central Valley and Guanacaste.

Costa Rica's is the most populated region of the country; the capital city, San José, is there and so is the Juan Santamaría airport. The includes charming small towns, towering volcanoes, and dense jungle landscapes like the huge .

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is a province in Costa Rica. This region is covered by dry tropical forest, which makes it popular among tourists looking to escape the humidity found in most of .

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is likely the greenest part of the country, and contains a number of national parks, such as the .

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, also known as "Región Norte" or "Huetar Norte" is a region located within Costa Rica and borders in the north to of .

is a village in the North East of the province about 80 km north of the Caribbean city in Costa Rica. It is the entrance of National Park which is one of the most popular parks of Costa Rica.

is a small coastal town in Caribbean Costa Rica in the province of . It is popular with surfers and backpackers. This is an area where foreigners are buying and building.

The in Costa Rica, are a chain of volcanic hills and ranges that stretches from Cañas, Guanacaste to San Pablo de Turrubares, San José province.

Costa Rica

Latitude of center
9.85° or 9° 51′ north
Longitude of center
-83.946° or 83° 56′ 46″ west
Population
5,040,000
Area
51,100 km² (19,730 miles²)
Elevation
1,415 metres (4,642 feet)
Capital
San Jose
Currency
Colon (CRC)
Phone code
.cr
Internet domain
506
Open­Street­Map ID
node 424297465
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­country
Geo­Names ID
3624060
Wiki­data ID
Q800
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Costa Rica” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: Коста-Рика
  • Achinese: CRC
  • Achinese: Kosta Rika
  • Adyghe: Костэ-Рикэ
  • Afar: CRC
  • Afrikaans: Costa Rica
  • Afrikaans: CRC
  • Akan: CRC
  • Akan: Kɔsta Rika
  • Albanian: CRC
  • Albanian: Kosta Rika
  • Albanian: Kosta-Rikë
  • Amharic: ኮስታ ሪካ
  • Amharic: ኮስታሪካ
  • Amis: Costa riga
  • Angika: कोस्टा रीका
  • Arabic: كوستاريكا
  • Aragonese: Costa Rica
  • Aragonese: CRC
  • Armenian: Կոստա Ռիկա
  • Armenian: Կոստա-Ռիկա
  • Arpitan: Costa Rica
  • Arpitan: CRC
  • Assamese: কোষ্টা ৰিকা
  • Asturian: Costa Rica
  • Asturian: CR
  • Asturian: CRC
  • Asturian: CRI
  • Asturian: República de Costa Rica
  • Atayal: Costa riga
  • Aymara: CRC
  • Aymara: Kustarika
  • Azerbaijani: CRC
  • Azerbaijani: Kosta Rika
  • Azerbaijani: Kosta-Rika
  • Balinese: Kosta Rika
  • Bambara: CRC
  • Bambara: Kosta Rika
  • Bambara: Kɔsitarika
  • Banjar: CRC
  • Bashkir: Коста-Рика
  • Basque: Costa Rica
  • Basque: CRC
  • Batak Toba: CRC
  • Batak Toba: Kosta Rika
  • Bavarian: Costa Rica
  • Bavarian: CRC
  • Belarusian: Коста Рыка
  • Belarusian: Коста-Рыка
  • Bengali: কোস্টা রিকা
  • Bengali: কোস্টারিকা প্রজাতন্ত্র
  • Bengali: কোস্টারিকা
  • Betawi: Kosta Rika
  • Bhojpuri: कोस्टा रिका
  • Bishnupriya: কোস্টা রিকা
  • Bislama: CRC
  • Bislama: Kosta Rika
  • Bosnian: CRC
  • Bosnian: Kostarika
  • Breton: Costa Rica
  • Breton: CRC
  • Buginese: CRC
  • Bulgarian: Коста Рика
  • Burmese: ကို့စ်တာရီကာ
  • Burmese: ကော့စတာရီကာနိုင်ငံ
  • Burmese: ကော့စ်တာရီကာ
  • Catalan: Costa Rica
  • Catalan: CRC
  • Cebuano: Costa Rica
  • Cebuano: CRC
  • Cebuano: Kostarika
  • Central Bikol: CRC
  • Central Bikol: Kosta Rika
  • Central Kurdish: کۆستاریکا
  • Chamorro: CRC
  • Chavacano: Costa Rica
  • Chavacano: CRC
  • Chechen: Коста-Рика
  • Cherokee: ᎪᏍᏓ ᎵᎧ
  • Cheyenne: Costa-Rica
  • Cheyenne: CRC
  • Chinese: Costa Rica
  • Chinese: 哥斯大黎加
  • Chinese: 哥斯达黎加 / 哥斯大黎加
  • Chinese: 哥斯达黎加
  • Chinese: 哥斯达黎加共和国
  • Chinese: 哥斯達黎加
  • Choctaw: CRC
  • Cornish: CRC
  • Cornish: Kosta Rika
  • Corsican: Costa Rica
  • Corsican: CRC
  • Cree: CRC
  • Creek: CRC
  • Crimean Tatar: CRC
  • Crimean Tatar: Kosta Rika
  • Croatian: CRC
  • Croatian: Kostarika
  • Czech: CRC
  • Czech: Kostarika
  • Dagbani: Costa Rica
  • Danish: Costa Rica
  • Danish: CRC
  • Dhivehi: ކޮސްޓަރީކާ
  • Dimli (individual language): CRC
  • Dimli (individual language): Kosta Rika
  • Dotyali: कोस्टारिका
  • Dutch: Costa Rica
  • Dutch: CR
  • Dutch: CRC
  • Dutch: CRI
  • Dutch: Republiek Costa Rica
  • Dzongkha: ཀོས་ཊ་རི་ཀ
  • Eastern Canadian Inuktitut: CRC
  • Eastern Mari: Коста-Рика
  • Egyptian Arabic: كوستا ريكا
  • Erzya: CRC
  • Erzya: Коста-Рика
  • Esperanto: CR
  • Esperanto: CRC
  • Esperanto: Kostariko
  • Esperanto: Respubliko Kostariko
  • Estonian: Costa Rica
  • Ewe: Costa Rica
  • Ewe: Kosta Rika nutome
  • Extremaduran: Costa Rica
  • Extremaduran: CRC
  • Faroese: CRC
  • Faroese: Kosta Rika
  • Fiji Hindi: Costa Rica
  • Fiji Hindi: CRC
  • Fijian: CRC
  • Finnish: Costa Rica
  • Finnish: Costa Rican tasvalta
  • French: Costa Rica
  • French: Costa-Rica
  • French: CR
  • French: CRC
  • French: la République du Costa Rica
  • Friulian: CRC
  • Fulah: CRC
  • Fulah: Kosta Rika
  • Fulah: Kosta Rikaa
  • Gagauz: CRC
  • Gagauz: Kosta Rika
  • Galician: Costa Rica
  • Galician: CRC
  • Ganda: CRC
  • Ganda: Kosita Rika
  • Georgian: კოსტა-რიკა
  • German: „Schweiz Mittelamerikas“
  • German: Costa Rica
  • German: CRC
  • German: Kosta Rika
  • German: Kostarika
  • German: Republik Costa Rica
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Costa Rica
  • Gilaki: کاستاريکا
  • Goan Konkani: Costa Rica
  • Goan Konkani: CRC
  • Goan Konkani: कोस्टा रिका
  • Gorontalo: CRC
  • Greek: Κόστα Ρίκα
  • Guarani: CRC
  • Guarani: Kosta Rrika
  • Guarani: Kóta Rríka
  • Guianese Creole French: Costa Rica
  • Gujarati: કોસ્ટા રિકા
  • Haitian: CRC
  • Haitian: Kostarika
  • Hakka Chinese: Costa Rica
  • Hausa: Costa Rica
  • Hausa: Kwasta Rika
  • Hawaiian: CRC
  • Hebrew: קוסטה ריקה
  • Herero: CRC
  • Hindi: कोस्टा रिका
  • Hindi: कोस्टा रीका
  • Hindi: कोस्टारिका
  • Hindi: कोस्टारीका
  • Hindi: कोस्ता रीका
  • Hiri Motu: CRC
  • Hungarian: Costa Rica-i Köztársaság
  • Hungarian: Costa Rica
  • Hungarian: CRC
  • Hunsrik: CRC
  • Icelandic: CRC
  • Icelandic: Kosta Ríka
  • Icelandic: Kostaríka
  • Ido: CRC
  • Ido: Kosta Rika
  • Igbo: CRC
  • Igbo: Kosta Rika
  • Iloko: Costa Rica
  • Iloko: CRC
  • Inari Sami: Costa Rica täsiväldi
  • Inari Sami: Costa Rica
  • Indonesian: CRC
  • Indonesian: Kosta Rika
  • Interlingua: Costa Rica
  • Interlingua: CRC
  • Interlingue: Costa Rica
  • Interlingue: CRC
  • Inupiaq: CRC
  • Irish: Cósta Ríce
  • Irish: CRC
  • Italian: Costa Rica
  • Italian: CRC
  • Jamaican Creole English: CRC
  • Jamaican Creole English: Kasta Riika
  • Japanese: コスタリカ
  • Japanese: コスタリカ共和国
  • Javanese: CRC
  • Javanese: Kosta Rika
  • Javanese: Pasisir Karta
  • Kabiyè: Kɔsitaarika
  • Kabyle: CRC
  • Kabyle: Kusta Rika
  • Kalaallisut: Costa Rica
  • Kalaallisut: CRC
  • Kalmyk: Костарикмудин Орн
  • Kannada: ಕೊಸ್ಟಾ ರಿಕಾ
  • Kannada: ಕೋಸ್ಟಾ ರಿಕ
  • Kara-Kalpak: CRC
  • Kara-Kalpak: Kosta-Rika
  • Karachay-Balkar: Коста-Рика
  • Kashmiri: کوسٹا رِکا
  • Kashubian: CRC
  • Kazakh: CRC
  • Kazakh: Коста-Рика
  • Khmer: កូស្តារីកា
  • Kikuyu: CRC
  • Kikuyu: Kostarika
  • Kinaray-A: Baybay Manggaranën
  • Kinyarwanda: CRC
  • Kinyarwanda: Kosita Rika
  • Kirghiz: Коста-Рика
  • Kölsch: CRC
  • Komi: Коста-Рика
  • Kongo: CRC
  • Korean: 꼬스따 리까
  • Korean: 코스타 리카
  • Korean: 코스타리카 공화국
  • Korean: 코스타리카
  • Kotava: Costarika
  • Kuanyama: CRC
  • Kurdish: CRC
  • Kurdish: Kosta Rîka
  • Ladin: Costa Rica
  • Ladino: CRC
  • Ladino: Kosta Rika
  • Lao: ໂຄສຕາ ຣິກາ
  • Lao: ປະເທດໂກສະຕາຣິກາ
  • Latgalian: CRC
  • Latin: Costarica
  • Latin: Ora Dives
  • Latvian: CRC
  • Latvian: Kostarika
  • Ligurian: Còsta Rica
  • Ligurian: CRC
  • Limburgan: Costa Rica
  • Limburgan: CRC
  • Lingala: CRC
  • Lingala: Kositarika
  • Lingala: Kosta Rika
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Costa Rica
  • Lingua Franca Nova: CRC
  • Literary Chinese: 哥斯大黎加
  • Lithuanian: CRC
  • Lithuanian: Kosta Rika
  • Liv: CRC
  • Livvi: CRC
  • Livvi: Kosta Rikku
  • Lojban: CRC
  • Lojban: kostarikas
  • Lombard: Costa Rica
  • Lombard: CRC
  • Low German: Costa Rica
  • Low German: CRC
  • Lower Sorbian: CRC
  • Lower Sorbian: Kosta Rika
  • Luba-Katanga: Kositarika
  • Lule Sami: Costarijkka
  • Luxembourgish: Costa Rica
  • Luxembourgish: CRC
  • Macedo-Romanian: Costa Rica
  • Macedonian: Костарика
  • Madurese: Kosta Rika
  • Mainfränkisch: CRC
  • Malagasy: Costa Rica
  • Malagasy: CRC
  • Malagasy: Kosta Rikà
  • Malagasy: Kôsta Rika
  • Malay: Costa Rica
  • Malay: CRC
  • Malayalam: കോസ്റ്റ റീക്ക
  • Malayalam: കോസ്റ്ററിക്ക
  • Maltese: Costa Rica
  • Maltese: il-Costa Rica
  • Maltese: Kosta Rika
  • Maltese: Repubblika tal-Costa Rica
  • Manipuri: ꯀꯣꯁ꯭ꯇꯥ ꯔꯤꯀꯥ
  • Manx: CRC
  • Manx: Yn Coose Berçhagh
  • Maori: CRC
  • Maori: Koto Rika
  • Marathi: कोस्टा रिका
  • Marshallese: CRC
  • Mazanderani: کاستاریکا
  • Megleno Romanian: CRC
  • Min Dong Chinese: Costa Rica
  • Min Dong Chinese: CRC
  • Min Nan Chinese: Costa Rica
  • Minangkabau: CRC
  • Minangkabau: Kosta Rika
  • Mingrelian: კოსტა-რიკა
  • Mirandese: CRC
  • Mirandese: Cuosta Rica
  • Moksha: Коста-Рика
  • Mongolian: Коста-Рика
  • Moroccan Arabic: كوسطا ريكا
  • Moroccan Arabic: كوصطاريكا
  • Narom: CRC
  • Nauru: CRC
  • Nauru: Kosta Rika
  • Navajo: CRC
  • Ndonga: CRC
  • Neapolitan: CRC
  • Nepali: कोष्टारिका
  • Nepali: कोस्टारिका
  • Newari: कोस्टा रिका
  • North Ndebele: Khosta Rikha
  • Northern Frisian: Costa Rica
  • Northern Frisian: CRC
  • Northern Luri: کاستاریکا
  • Northern Sami: Costa Rica dásseváldi
  • Northern Sami: Costa Rica
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Costa Rica
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Republikken Costa Rica
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Costa Rica
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: CRC
  • Norwegian: Costa Rica
  • Novial: CRC
  • Novial: Kosta Rika
  • Nyanja: CRC
  • Occitan (post 1500): Còsta Rica
  • Occitan (post 1500): CRC
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): CRC
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Weligrima
  • Oriya: କୋଷ୍ଟା ରିକା
  • Oriya: କୋଷ୍ଟାରିକା
  • Oromo: CRC
  • Oromo: Kostaa Rikaa
  • Ossetian: Костæ-Рикæ
  • Pali: CRC
  • Pali: कोस्टा रीका
  • Pampanga: Costa Rica
  • Pampanga: CRC
  • Pampanga: Kostaríka
  • Pangasinan: CRC
  • Panjabi: ਕੋਸਟਾ ਰੀਕਾ
  • Panjabi: ਕੋਸਤਾ ਰੀਕਾ
  • Papiamento: Costa Rica
  • Papiamento: CRC
  • Pedi: CRC
  • Pennsylvania German: CRC
  • Persian: کاستاریکا
  • Pfaelzisch: CRC
  • Picard: Costa Rica
  • Picard: CRC
  • Piemontese: Còsta Rica
  • Piemontese: CRC
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Costa Rica
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: CRC
  • Polish: Costa Rica
  • Polish: Costarica
  • Polish: CR
  • Polish: CRC
  • Polish: Kostaryka
  • Polish: Republika Kostaryki
  • Portuguese: Costa Rica
  • Portuguese: cr
  • Portuguese: CRC
  • Portuguese: CRI
  • Portuguese: República da Costa Rica
  • Prussian: CRC
  • Pushto: کوستاریکا
  • Pushto: کوسټاریکا
  • Quechua: Costa Rica
  • Quechua: CRC
  • Quechua: Kustarika
  • Rakhine: ကော့စတာရီကာ သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ
  • Romagnol: CRC
  • Romanian: Costa Rica
  • Romanian: CRC
  • Romansh: Costa rica
  • Romansh: Costa Rica
  • Romansh: CRC
  • Rundi: CRC
  • Rundi: Kositarika
  • Russia Buriat: Коста-Рика
  • Russian: Коста-Рика
  • Russian: Республика Коста-Рика
  • Sakizaya: Costa Riga
  • Samoan: CRC
  • Samoan: Kosta Rika
  • Samoan: Malo o Kosta Rika
  • Samogitian: Kuosta Rėka
  • Sango: CRC
  • Sango: Kôsta Rîka
  • Sanskrit: कोस्टा रीका
  • Santali: ᱠᱚᱥᱴᱟ ᱨᱤᱠᱟ
  • Saraiki: کوسٹا ریکا
  • Sardinian: Costa Rica
  • Sardinian: CRC
  • Saterfriesisch: Costa Rica
  • Saterfriesisch: CRC
  • Scots: Costa Rica
  • Scots: CRC
  • Scottish Gaelic: Costa Rica
  • Scottish Gaelic: Costa Rìcea
  • Scottish Gaelic: CRC
  • Serbian: CRC
  • Serbian: Kostarika
  • Serbian: Костарика
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kostarika
  • Shan: မိူင်းၵေႃးသတႃႇရိၵႃႇ
  • Shona: Costa Rica
  • Shona: CRC
  • Shona: Kostarika
  • Sicilian: Costa Rica
  • Sicilian: CRC
  • Silesian: CRC
  • Silesian: Kostaryka
  • Sindhi: ڪوسٽا ريڪا
  • Sindhi: ڪوسٽاريڪا
  • Sinhala: කොස්ට රිකාව
  • Sinhala: කොස්ටරිකාව
  • Sinhala: කොස්ටා රිකා
  • Sinhala: කෝස්ට රිකාව
  • Skolt Sami: Costa Rica tääʹssväʹldd
  • Skolt Sami: Costa Rica
  • Slovak: CRC
  • Slovak: Kostarická republika
  • Slovak: Kostarika
  • Slovenian: CRC
  • Slovenian: Kostarika
  • Somali: CRC
  • Somali: Kosta Riika
  • Somali: Kosta Rika
  • South Azerbaijani: کاستاریکا
  • Southern Sotho: CRC
  • Spanish: Costa Rica
  • Spanish: CR
  • Spanish: CRC
  • Spanish: República de Costa Rica
  • Sranan Tongo: CRC
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴽⵓⵙⵜⴰ ⵔⵉⴽⴰ
  • Sundanese: CRC
  • Sundanese: Kosta Rika
  • Swahili: CRC
  • Swahili: Kosta Rika
  • Swahili: Kostarika
  • Swati: CRC
  • Swati: IKhosta-Likha
  • Swedish: Costa Rica
  • Swedish: Republiken Costa Rica
  • Swiss German: Costa Rica
  • Tachelhit: CRC
  • Tagalog: Costa Rica
  • Tagalog: CRC
  • Tahitian: CRC
  • Tajik: CRC
  • Tajik: Коста Рика
  • Tajik: Коста-Рика
  • Tamil: கோஸ்டாரிகா
  • Tamil: கோஸ்ட்டா ரிக்கா
  • Taroko: Costa Rica
  • Tatar: CRC
  • Tatar: Коста-Рика
  • Telugu: కోస్టా రికా
  • Telugu: కోస్టారీకా
  • Tetum: CRC
  • Tetum: Kostarrika
  • Thai: คอสตาริกา
  • Thai: ประเทศคอสตาริกา
  • Tibetan: ཀོ་ས྄ཊ་རི་ཀ།
  • Tibetan: ཁོ་ས་ཏ་རི་ཁ
  • Tigrinya: ኮስታ ሪካ
  • Tok Pisin: CRC
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): CRC
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): Kosita Lika
  • Tosk Albanian: Costa Rica
  • Tsonga: CRC
  • Tswana: CRC
  • Tumbuka: CRC
  • Tunisian Arabic: CRC
  • Tunisian Arabic: كوستاريكا
  • Turkish: CRC
  • Turkish: Kosta Rika
  • Turkmen: Kosta-Rika
  • Twi: CRC
  • Udmurt: Коста-Рика
  • Uighur: CRC
  • Uighur: كوستارىكا
  • Ukrainian: Коста-Рика
  • Ukrainian: Коста-Ріка
  • Upper Sorbian: CRC
  • Upper Sorbian: Kosta Rika
  • Urdu: کوستا ریکا
  • Urdu: کوسٹا ریکا
  • Urdu: کوسٹاریکا
  • Uzbek: CRC
  • Uzbek: Kosta Rika
  • Uzbek: Kosta-Rika
  • Venda: CRC
  • Venetian: Costa Rica
  • Venetian: CRC
  • Veps: CRC
  • Veps: Kostarik
  • Vietnamese: Costa Rica
  • Vietnamese: CRC
  • Vlaams: Costa Rica
  • Vlaams: CRC
  • Vlax Romani: Costa Rica
  • Vlax Romani: CRC
  • Volapük: CRC
  • Volapük: Kostarikän
  • Võro: Costa Rica
  • Võro: CRC
  • Votic: CRC
  • Walloon: Costa Rica
  • Walloon: CRC
  • Waray (Philippines): Costa Rica
  • Waray (Philippines): CRC
  • Welsh: Costa Rica
  • Welsh: CRC
  • Welsh: Gweriniaeth Costa Rica
  • Western Armenian: Քոսթա Ռիքա
  • Western Balochi: کوستاریکا
  • Western Frisian: Costa Rica
  • Western Frisian: CRC
  • Western Frisian: Kosta Rika
  • Western Mari: Коста-Рика
  • Western Panjabi: کوسٹا ریکا
  • Wolof: CRC
  • Wolof: Kosta Riika
  • Wolof: Kosta Rika
  • Wu Chinese: 哥斯达黎加
  • Xhosa: CRC
  • Yakut: Коста Рика
  • Yiddish: קאסטא ריקא
  • Yiddish: קאסטאַ ריקאַ
  • Yoruba: CRC
  • Yoruba: Kóstá Rikà
  • Yoruba: Kuusita Ríkà
  • Yue Chinese: 哥斯達黎加
  • Zeeuws: Costa Rica
  • Zeeuws: CRC
  • Zhuang: Costa Rica
  • Zhuang: CRC
  • Zulu: Costa Rica
  • Zulu: CRC
  • Zulu: i-Costa Rica
  • Costa Rica
  • CR
  • CRC
  • CRI
  • Kosta Rika
  • Kuosta Rėka
  • ma Kosalika
  • कोस्टा रिका

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Costa Rica”. Photo: Henry Zbyszynski, CC BY 2.0.