Costa Rica is bordered on the north by Nicaragua, on the southeast by Panama, east by the Caribbean Sea and the west and southwest by the Pacific Ocean. Coco Island in the Pacific Ocean, part of Costa Rica.

The highlight of Costa Rica is broken. Presents lowland 0-800 meters; average from 800 to 1500 meters and 3819 meters high. It also offers a high Central Valley. The mountain system is divided into three ranges: The Guanacaste, Central Volcanic and Talamanca .. There are also several volcanoes and the highest mountain is Cerro Chirripo to 3.819 meters. Costa Rica has coastlines on two oceans, the Atlantic and Pacific.

Costa Rica has an area of 51,100 square kilometers. Costa Rica has seven states or provinces, the capital San José, Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago, Guanacaste, Puntarenas and Limon.

Costa Rica has an estimated population of 4,500,000 inhabitants whose native language is Spanish.

Costa Rica Weather

In Costa Rica there are only two seasons, the dry and rainy seasons. The rainy season lasts nine months from March to November and December to February is the dry season.

Although Costa Rica is a small country there are great differences in climate between the two region. Find hot dry climate in Guanacaste, Limon hot and humid, cold and windy in Carthage or cool and windy in the central valley.