| Costa Rica Costa Rica | |
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| Capital city | San Josè |
| System | republic |
| Currency | colón (CRC, ₡, ¢) 1 ₡ = 100 centimes |
| Time zone | UTC -6 |
| Surface | 51 100 km² |
| Population | 4 905 769 |
| Official language | Spanish |
| Dominant religion | Catholicism |
| Telephone code | 506 |
| Electric voltage | 120V / 60Hz |
| Socket type | A, B |
| Car code | CR |
| Car traffic | right hand |
| Internet domain | .cr |
Costa Rica - state, in Central America on the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. It borders on the north with Nicaragua on a section of 309 km and from the south with Panama - 330 km. The total length of the Caribbean and Pacific coasts is 1,290 km.
Tourist information
Geography
Climate
Warm and humid, i.e. tropical climate.
History
Policy
Economy
Drive
By plane
The main airport is San José International Airport.
By ship
By car
Regions
The administrative division of Costa Rica includes 7 provinces, which are further divided into cantons and districts. Costa Rica provinces and their capitals:
Alajuela - Alajuela Cartago - Cartago Guanacaste - Liberia Heredia - Heredia Limón - Limón Puntarenas - Puntarenas San José - San José
Cities
According to official data from 2011, Costa Rica had over 140 cities with a population of more than 2.6 thousand. residents. San José, the country's capital, was the only city with over a million inhabitants; 3 cities with 100,000 ÷ 500,000; 3 cities with a population of 50,000 ÷ 100,000; 9 cities with a population of 25,000 ÷ 50,000 and the rest of the cities below 25,000 residents.
According to data from 1990, the urban population constituted 50.3% of the total population of Costa Rica. There are a dozen or so medium-sized cities around San José that make up the capital agglomeration. The province of San José has a population of 1,345.8 thousand. people, or over 1/3 of Costa Rica's population.
Interesting places
Transport
Tongue
The official language is Spanish, but many people also know English.
Shopping
Gastronomy
Accommodation
Security
Health
contact
Diplomatic representations
Diplomatic missions accredited in Costa Rica
No Polish diplomatic mission. The state falls under the territorial competence of the Polish Embassy in Mexico (Mexico).
Diplomatic representations accredited in Poland
Embassy of the Republic of Costa Rica in Bern
Marktgasse 51
3011 Bern
Phone: 41 31 37 27 887
Fax: 41 31 37 27 834
E-mail: [email protected]