Costa+Rica


 * Costa Rica ** //"Pura Vida"// //The Enchantment of the world//



__**Republic of Costa Rica**__ **Ranking:** //69th// in the world **Motto:** Does not officially have a motto, but its slogan is //“pura vida”,// meaning pure life. **President:** Laura Chinchilla

**Location:** Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Nicaragua and Panama. **Absolute** **Location:** //10 00 N, 84 00 W// **Land area:** 19,560 sq mi //(50,660 sq km)// **Total area:** 19,730 sq mi //(51,100 sq km)//

**Population (2010 est.):** //4,516,220 people// **Capital and Largest City (2010):** San José, //1,527,300 people// **Type of Government:** Democratic republic **Established:** It became a republic in 1848.

**Climate:** Tropical and subtropical; dry season //(December to April);// rainy season //(May to November);// cooler in highlands. ** Costa Rica Weather Averages **
 * Months || January || February || March || April || May || June || July || August || September || October || November || December ||
 * ** High Temperature (C) ** || 27 || 27 || 28 || 28 || 27 || 27 || 27 || 27 || 26 || 26 || 26 || 26 ||
 * Low Temperature (C) || 17 || 18 || 18 || 18 || 18 || 18 || 18 || 18 || 17 || 18 || 18 || 18 ||
 * ** Precipitation (mm) ** || 6.3 || 10.2 || 13.8 || 79.9 || 267.6 || 280.1 || 181.5 || 276.9 || 355.1 || 330.6 || 135.5 || 33.5 ||
 * ** Average Percent Sunshine ** || 40 || 37 || 39 || 33 || 25 || 20 || 21 || 22 || 20 || 22 || 25 || 34 ||

**Elevations:** **Lowest point:** Pacific Ocean //0 m// **Highest point:** Cerro Chirripo //3,810 m// **Volcanoes:** Costa Rica has four volcanoes, two of them active, and rise near the capital of San Jose in the center of the country; one of the volcanoes, //Irazu//, erupted destructively in //1963-1965//.

**Language:** Costa Rican Spanish

**Famous People:** Francisco Amighetti- Artist //(Painter, Engraver)// Juan Santimaria- (//War Hero)// Franklin Chang Diaz- //(Astronaut)// Claudia and Silvia Poll- Olympic Medalists //(Swimming)// Oscar Arias Sanchez- Nobel Prize //(Peace)//

**URL Links:** //[|Officail Website of Costa Rica]Official Government website of Costa Rica// //[|Costa Rica Info] Gives you basic information on Costa Rica// //[|History on Costa Rica] Gives the History behind Costa Rica// //[|Information on Costa Rica]Everything you need to know about Costa Rica// //[|CIA Costa Rica]Information the CIA gives about Costa Rica//