Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in the Central American region of North America. Costa Rica is bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as maritime border with Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around five million in a land area of 51,060 km2 (19,710 sq mi). An estimated 333,980 people live in the capital and largest city, San José, with around two million people in the surrounding metropolitan area.
The first indigenous peoples of Costa Rica were hunters and gatherers, and when the Spanish conquerors arrived, Costa Rica was divided in two distinct cultural areas due to its geographical location in the Intermediate Area, between Mesoamerican and the Andean cultures, with influences of both cultures.
San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of the province of the same name. It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Central Valley, within San José Canton. San José is Costa Rica's seat of national government, focal point of political and economic activity, and major transportation hub. San José Canton's population was 288,054 in 2011, and San José's municipal land area is 44.2 square kilometers, with an estimated 333,980 residents in 2015. Together with several other cantons of the central valley, including Alajuela, Heredia and Cartago, it forms the country's Greater Metropolitan Area, with an estimated population of over 2 million in 2017. The city is named in honor of Joseph of Nazareth.
The Costa Rica national football team represents Costa Rica in men's international football. The national team is administered by the Costa Rican Football Federation (FEDEFUTBOL), the governing body for football in Costa Rica. It has been a member of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) since 1927, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) since 1961, and a member of the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) since 1990.
The El Salvador national football team represents El Salvador in international football, and is governed by the Salvadoran Football Federation (FESFUT).
Keilor Antonio Navas Gamboa, known as Keylor Navas, is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Costa Rica national team.
Costa Rica is administratively divided into seven provinces which are subdivided into 84 cantons, and these are further subdivided into districts. Cantons are the only administrative division in Costa Rica that possess local government in the form of municipalities. Each municipality has its own mayor and several representatives, all of them chosen via municipal elections every four years.
Agra schwarzeneggeri is a species of carabid beetle. It is named after the actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The holotype was collected in Costa Rica and first described to science in 2002.
The Miss Costa Rica is a national beauty pageant in Costa Rica. The winner of the pageant represents Costa Rica at Miss Universe pageant.
Bryan Josué Oviedo Jiménez is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left midfielder for Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake and the Costa Rica national team.
Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Alajuelense and the Costa Rica national team.
Adaina ambrosiae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America from California east to Florida and north to Ontario. It is also known from Bermuda, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Adaina fuscahodias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Mexico (Veracruz), Brazil and Costa Rica.
Accinctapubes chionopheralis is a species of snout moth in the genus Accinctapubes. It was described by George Hampson, in 1906. It is found from Costa Rica to Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay and Peru.
Amplinus bituberculosus is a species of millipede in the family Aphelidesmidae that is endemic to San Vito, Costa Rica, where it was found on 17–18 April 1972.
The following are the national public holidays of Costa Rica. Of the eleven days, nine are paid holidays and two are not.
Dulce Nombre de Jesús is a district of the Vázquez de Coronado canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.
Cinco Esquinas is a district of the Tibás canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.
La Amistad is a district of the Pérez Zeledón canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.
Zapotal is a district of the San Ramón canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.
