!!!Costa Rica: Geography
||Location|Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Nicaragua and Panama
||Geographic Coordinates|10 00 N, 84 00 W[{GoogleMap location='10.0,-84.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''51,100 sq km\\''land: ''51,060 sq km\\''water: ''40 sq km\\''__note:__ ''includes Isla del Coco__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 51100\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 50901\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 51100\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 51100\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 51100\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 51100''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''661 km\\''border countries: ''Nicaragua 313 km, Panama 348 km
||Coastline|1,290 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Pacific Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Cerro Chirripo 3,810 m
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Cerro Chirripó 3820 m; Irazú 3432 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Cerro Chirripó 3842 m; Cerro Ventisqueros 3812 m; Cerro Kámuk 3549 m; Cerro de la Muerte 3451 m; Cerro Echandi 3163 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org]
||Terrain|coastal plains separated by rugged mountains including over 100 volcanic cones, of which several are major volcanoes
||Natural Hazards|occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic coast; frequent flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season and landslides; active volcanoes volcanism: Arenal (elev. 1,670 m), which erupted in 2010, is the most active volcano in Costa Rica; a 1968 eruption destroyed the town of Tabacon; Irazu (elev. 3,432 m), situated just east of San Jose, has the potential to spew ash over the capital city as it did between 1963 and 1965; other historically active volcanoes include Miravalles, Poas, Rincon de la Vieja, and Turrialba
||Natural Resource|hydropower
||Land Use|''arable land: ''4.89%\\''permanent crops: ''6.46%\\''other: ''88.65% (2011)
||Climate|tropical and subtropical; dry season (December to April); rainy season (May to November); cooler in highlands
||Irrigated Land|1,031 sq km (2003)
||Renewable Water Resources|112.4 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|deforestation and land use change, largely a result of the clearing of land for cattle ranching and agriculture; soil erosion; coastal marine pollution; fisheries protection; solid waste management; air pollution
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands, Whaling\\''signed, but not ratified: ''Marine Life Conservation
||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: San José; Limon; Alajuela; San Francisco; Desamparados\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: San José; Limón; San Francisco; Alajuela; Liberia\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/America/Costa_Rica/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|four volcanoes, two of them active, rise near the capital of San Jose in the center of the country; one of the volcanoes, Irazu, erupted destructively in 1963-65