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Arenal VolcanoGENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT COSTA RICA
  • Capital: San Jose

  • Currency: Colones

  • Time Zone: EST-1; GMT-6

  • Country Code: (506)

  • Boundaries: North-Nicaragua, southeast-Panama, west-Pacific Ocean, and east-Atlantic Ocean

  • Territorial Extension: 51,100 km2

  • Maximum Length: 464 km from the Sapoa river to the Burica end

  • Minimum Length: 119 km from Tuba up to the Boca del Colorado

  • Maximum Width: 259 km from the cabo Santa Elena to the mouth of the Colorado River

  • Highest Mountain: Chirripo mountain (height 3,820 m above sea level)

  • Widest Crater: Poas volcano (one of the greatest craters of the world, 1 km in diameter)

  • National Flower: Mulberry Guaria (Guarianthe skinneri)

  • National Tree: Guanacaste (Enterolobium cyclocarpurri)

  • National Bird: Yiguirro (tardus grayil)

  • Climate: Tropical with two seasons during the year, dry (December-April) and rainy (rest of the year)

  • Population: 4.159.758 habitants

  • Population by Sex: Men 2.112.985 (50.79%) and Women 2.046.773 (49.20%)

  • Administrative Division: 7 provinces, 81, 463 districts

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