Costa Rica is a country in Central America filled with forests, volcanoes, mountains, and dramatic skies. North of Costa Rica is Nicaragua and to the south is Panama. Costa Rica has a population of about 4.872 million people as of 2013. The total land area of Costa Rica is 19, 560 square miles and the total area is 19,730 square miles. The main spoken language of Costa Rica is Spanish and the second most spoke language is English due to all the visitors. A very big number of people in Costa Rica are bilingual. Costa Rica’s government is Democratic Republic. Costa Rica’s president is Luis Guillermo Solis. The history of Costa Rica began with four indigenous tribes greeting Christopher Columbus when he arrived to Costa Rica on his fourth and
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Cloud forests and rolling mountains contrast with eight hundred miles of the Pacific and Carribean shoreline. These natural beauties create four main geographical areas which are the Tropical Lowlands, the Northern Central Plains, the Central Valley, and the Northwest Peninsula. Costa Rica is split up into seven different provinces which include the San Jose, Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago, Guanacaste, Puntarenas, and Limon. Costa Rica is famous for its different climates. Costa Rica has both tropical and subtropical climates and is famous for its microclimates. Because of the diverse weather, Costa Rica offers a home to over five hundred thousand different animal and insect species. Five towering mountain ranges of Costa Rica are the Central Mountain Range, the Talamanca Mountain Range, the Tilaran Mountian Range, the Guanacaste Mountain Range, and the Escazo Hills. The highest point in Costa Rica is Mount Chirripo at 12, 450 feet above sea level and is located in the Talamanca Range. Out of the about sixty volcanoes in Costa Rica, five are active. The names of these volcanoes are the Poas Volcano, Irazu Volcano, Arenal Volcano, Ricon de la Vieja Volcano, and the Turriabla Volcano. The Irazu volcano is the tallest volcano in Costa Rica at 11,259 feet …show more content…
San Jose is the largest city of Costa Rica and is filled with cities and ongoing mountains. There are many main attractions that draw visitors and tourist to San Jose. These attractions are called the Craft and Artisan Markets, the Gold Museum, the Jade Museum, and the National Theatre. Some activities that people do in San Jose are live theater and going shopping. Costa Rica developed very slowly as a tobacco centre in the Spanish colonial era. The town became one of the most important centres of coffee production in the 1840s and continued to be the chief source of Costa Rica’s income throughout the nineteenth century too. San Jose grew rapidly in both area and population all throughout the twentieth century. One attraction in Costa Rica in which draws other visitors in is the site of the University of Costa Rica. The University of Costa Rica is the oldest and the most diverse of San Jose’s four public universities. Some of the city’s historic buildings include a nineteenth century cathedral and the National Theatre. The National Theatre was modeled after the Paris Opera. Downtown in San Jose you will find a different kind of collection of plazas that commemorate with the country’s progressive and democratic traditions. In San Jose there is also a small park named after United States President, John F. Kennedy, which memorizes his visit to Costa Rica in
Cloud forests and rolling mountains contrast with eight hundred miles of the Pacific and Carribean shoreline. These natural beauties create four main geographical areas which are the Tropical Lowlands, the Northern Central Plains, the Central Valley, and the Northwest Peninsula. Costa Rica is split up into seven different provinces which include the San Jose, Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago, Guanacaste, Puntarenas, and Limon. Costa Rica is famous for its different climates. Costa Rica has both tropical and subtropical climates and is famous for its microclimates. Because of the diverse weather, Costa Rica offers a home to over five hundred thousand different animal and insect species. Five towering mountain ranges of Costa Rica are the Central Mountain Range, the Talamanca Mountain Range, the Tilaran Mountian Range, the Guanacaste Mountain Range, and the Escazo Hills. The highest point in Costa Rica is Mount Chirripo at 12, 450 feet above sea level and is located in the Talamanca Range. Out of the about sixty volcanoes in Costa Rica, five are active. The names of these volcanoes are the Poas Volcano, Irazu Volcano, Arenal Volcano, Ricon de la Vieja Volcano, and the Turriabla Volcano. The Irazu volcano is the tallest volcano in Costa Rica at 11,259 feet …show more content…
San Jose is the largest city of Costa Rica and is filled with cities and ongoing mountains. There are many main attractions that draw visitors and tourist to San Jose. These attractions are called the Craft and Artisan Markets, the Gold Museum, the Jade Museum, and the National Theatre. Some activities that people do in San Jose are live theater and going shopping. Costa Rica developed very slowly as a tobacco centre in the Spanish colonial era. The town became one of the most important centres of coffee production in the 1840s and continued to be the chief source of Costa Rica’s income throughout the nineteenth century too. San Jose grew rapidly in both area and population all throughout the twentieth century. One attraction in Costa Rica in which draws other visitors in is the site of the University of Costa Rica. The University of Costa Rica is the oldest and the most diverse of San Jose’s four public universities. Some of the city’s historic buildings include a nineteenth century cathedral and the National Theatre. The National Theatre was modeled after the Paris Opera. Downtown in San Jose you will find a different kind of collection of plazas that commemorate with the country’s progressive and democratic traditions. In San Jose there is also a small park named after United States President, John F. Kennedy, which memorizes his visit to Costa Rica in