COSTA RICA's LAND, HISTORY AND PEOPLE
The Lay of the Land

Costa Rica occupies a territory of about 20,000 square miles in the southern part of Central America, and includes several small islands, mostly on the Pacific side. It is much like the state of Florida with two long coastlines. The country is only about 200 miles long and 70 miles wide at its narrowest part.

Costa Rica is often compared to Switzerland and Hawaii because of its mountains and forests. The country's three mountain ranges create five geographically diverse areas, the Northern Central Plains, the Northwest Peninsula, the Tropical Lowlands on the Pacific and Caribbean coasts and the Central Valley where 70 percent of the population resides. The country is divided into seven provinces: Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Puntarenas, Limón and San José.

Unlike many areas of Mexico, Central and South America, Costa Rica remains beautiful and warm year-round. This is partly because it borders the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Atlantic Ocean on the east, and has a string of towering volcanoes on the Central Plateau. Combine all this and you have a unique tropical paradise with 11 climatic zones.

For more information on the different regions of Costa Rica – the Central Pacific, Northern Pacific, Southern Pacific, the Northern Plains, the Caribbean Region or the beautiful Central Pacific area, click on the map below.

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