name: República de Costa Rica area: 51,100 km2 population: 4,667,096 density: 91.33/km2 government style: unitary presidential constitutional republic capital: San José (328,195) main towns: Puerto Limón, San Francisco, Alajuela, Liberia, Paraíso, Puntarenas main religion: Christian main languages: Castilian (official), English, Maléku, Plautdietsch, Cabécar highest point: Cerro Chirripó (3,820 m) currency: Costa Rican Colón (0.0018 USD) |