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(Top) 1 General reference 2 Geography of Costa Rica 2.1 Environment of Costa Rica 2.1.1 Natural geographic features of Costa Rica 2.2 Regions of Costa Rica 2.2.1 Ecoregions of Costa Rica 2.2.2 Administrative divisions of Costa Rica 2.2.2.1 Provinces of Costa Rica 2.2.2.2 Cantons of Costa Rica 2.2.2.3 Districts of Costa Rica 2.2.2.4 Municipalities of Costa Rica 2.3 Demography of Costa Rica 3 Government and politics of Costa Rica 3.1 Branches of government 3.1.1 Executive branch of the government of Costa Rica 3.1.2 Legislative branch of the government of Costa Rica 3.1.3 Judicial branch of the government of Costa Rica 3.2 Foreign relations of Costa Rica 3.2.1 International organization membership 3.3 Law and order in Costa Rica 3.4 Military of Costa Rica 3.5 Local government in Costa Rica 4 History of Costa Rica 5 Culture of Costa Rica 5.1 Art in Costa Rica 5.2 Sports in Costa Rica 6 Economy and infrastructure of Costa Rica 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

Outline of Costa Rica

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The Flag of Costa Rica

The Coat of arms of Costa Rica

The location of Costa Rica

An enlargeable relief map of the Republic of Costa Rica

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Costa Rica:

Costa Rica – sovereign country located in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the east-southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, and the Caribbean Sea to the east.^[1] Costa Rica was the first country in the world to constitutionally abolish its army.^[2] Among Latin American countries, Costa Rica ranks 4th on the 2007 Human Development Index, and 48th worldwide.^[3] Costa Rica is ranked 5th in the world on the 2008 Environmental Performance Index, up from the 15th place in 2006.^[4]^[5] In 2007 the government stated that it wants Costa Rica to be the first country to become carbon neutral by 2021.^[6]^[7]^[8]

General reference[edit]

An enlargeable basic map of Costa Rica

This section is missing information about pronunciation, endonym(s) and demonym(s). Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page. (May 2021)

Pronunciation:
Common English country name: Costa Rica
Official English country name: The Republic of Costa Rica
Common endonym(s): Tiquicia
Official endonym(s):
Adjectival(s): Costa Rican
Demonym(s):
Etymology: Name of Costa Rica
International rankings of Costa Rica
ISO country codes: CR, CRI, 188
ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:CR
Internet country code top-level domain: .cr

Geography of Costa Rica[edit]

An enlargeable topographic map of Costa Rica

Geography of Costa Rica

Costa Rica is: a country
Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
  - Americas
    - North America
      - Middle America
        
        Central America
- Time zone: UTC-06
- Extreme points of Costa Rica
  - High: Cerro Chirripó 3,820 m (12,533 ft)
  - Low: North Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea 0 m
- Land boundaries: 639 km

Panama 330 km

Nicaragua 309 km

Coastline: 1,290 km

Population of Costa Rica: 4,301,712 (2011 census) - 123rd most populous country
Area of Costa Rica: 51,100 km²
Atlas of Costa Rica

Environment of Costa Rica[edit]

An enlargeable satellite image of Costa Rica

Natural geographic features of Costa Rica[edit]

Government and politics of Costa Rica[edit]

Politics of Costa Rica

Form of government: presidential representative democratic republic
Capital of Costa Rica: San José
Elections in Costa Rica
Political parties in Costa Rica

Branches of government[edit]

Government of Costa Rica

Executive branch of the government of Costa Rica[edit]

Legislative branch of the government of Costa Rica[edit]

Parliament of Costa Rica (unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Costa Rica[edit]

Court system of Costa Rica

Supreme Court of Costa Rica

Foreign relations of Costa Rica[edit]

Foreign relations of Costa Rica

International organization membership[edit]

The Republic of Costa Rica is a member of:^[1]

Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)
Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE)
Central American Common Market (CACM)
Central American Integration System (SICA)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Group of 77 (G77)
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
International Criminal Court (ICCt)
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
International Development Association (IDA)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Latin American Economic System (LAES)
Latin American Integration Association (LAIA) (observer)
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Nonaligned Movement (NAM) (observer)
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Organization of American States (OAS)
Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
Rio Group (RG)
Unión Latina
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
World Confederation of Labour (WCL)
World Customs Organization (WCO)
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law and order in Costa Rica[edit]

Law of Costa Rica

Military of Costa Rica[edit]

Military of Costa Rica

Local government in Costa Rica[edit]

Local government in Costa Rica

History of Costa Rica[edit]

History of Costa Rica

Culture of Costa Rica[edit]

Culture of Costa Rica

Art in Costa Rica[edit]

Sports in Costa Rica[edit]

Sports in Costa Rica

Economy and infrastructure of Costa Rica[edit]

Economy of Costa Rica

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Costa Rica". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.

^ El Espíritu del 48. "Abolición del Ejército". Retrieved 2008-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (Spanish)

^ UNPD Human Development Report 2007/2008 (January 2008). "Table 1: Human development index" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2008-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

^ Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy / Center for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia University. "Switzerland Tops 2008 Environmental Scorecard at World Economic Forum". Archived from the original on 2008-02-03. Retrieved 2008-03-09. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

^ Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy / Center for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia University. "Environmental Performance Index 2008, Metrics for Costa Rica". Archived from the original on 2008-01-27. Retrieved 2008-03-09. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

^ "Costa Rica Aims to Be a Carbon-Neutral Nation". Retrieved 2008-02-18.

^ "Costa Rica Aims to Become First "Carbon Neutral" Country". Archived from the original on 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2008-02-18.

^ "País quiere ser primera nación con balance neutro de carbono" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2008-02-18.