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Country Profile: Costa Rica

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Region: Central America and the Caribbean

Capital: San Jose

Population: 5,097,988

Area Total: 51,100

Area Land: 50,660

Climate: Tropical; dry season (December to April); rainy season (May to November).
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Largest Cities
City Population Estimated
Puerto Limon 63,081 2020
San Francisco 55,923 2020
San Jose 335,007 2020

Other Key Data
Region: Central America and the Caribbean
Population: 5,097,988
Area Total: 51,100km2
Area Land: 50,660km2
Coast Line: 1,290km
Capital: San Jose
Climate: Tropical; dry season (December to April); rainy season (May to November).
Languages: Spanish
English
Currency: 1 Costa Rican colon (C) = 100 centimos
Holiday: Independence Day is 15 September (1821), Our Lady of the Angels Day is 2 August, Guanacaste Day is 25 July


Average Daily Temperature
January: °C / 75.40°F
July: °C / 76.70°F
Annual Rainfall: mm / 60.2"


Boundaries
Panama 330 km
Nicaragua 309 km


Ethnic Divisions
European descent (including mestizo) 94.00%
African 3.00%
Amerindian 1.00%
Chinese 1.00%
other 1.00%


Religions
Roman Catholic 76.30%
Evangelical 13.70%
other 4.80%
none 3.20%
Jehovah's Witnesses 1.30%
other Protestant 0.70%

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