Costa Rica

Costa Rica (pronounced /ˌkoʊstə ˈriːkə/ ^{(deprecatit template)}), offeecially the Republic o Costa Rica (Spaingie: Costa Rica or República de Costa Rica, pronoonced: [reˈpuβlika ðe ˈkosta ˈrika]) is a kintra in Central Americae, bordered bi Nicaragua tae the north, Panama tae the soothaest, the Paceefic Ocean tae the wast an sooth an the Caribbean Sea tae the east.

Republic o Costa Rica República de Costa Rica
Banner Coat o airms
Anthem: "Noble patria, tu hermosa bandera" (Spaingie) "Noble mitherland, your bonnie flag"
Caipital	San José 9°56′N 84°5′W
Lairgest ceety	capital
Offeecial leids	Spaingie
Recognised regional leids	Mekatelyu Bribri Patois
Ethnic groups (2011[1])	65.8% White / Castizo 13.65% Mestizo 9.03% Immigrants 6.72% Mulatto 2.40% Amerindian 1.03% Black 0.21% Asie 0.88% other
Releegion	Roman Catholicism
Demonym(s)	Costa Rican Tico
Govrenment	Unitar presidential constitutional republic
• Preses	Luis Guillermo Solís
• 1st Vice-Preses	Helio Fallas Venegas
• 2nt Vice-Preses	Ana Helena Chacón Echeverría
Legislatur	Legislative Assembly
Unthirldom declared
• frae Spain	15 September 1821
• frae First Mexican Empire	1 Julie 1823
• frae the Unitit Provinces o Central Americae	1838
• Recognisit bi Spain	10 Mey 1850
• Constitution	7 November 1949[2]
Aurie
• Total	51,100 km2 (19,700 sq mi) (128t)
• Water (%)	0.7
Population
• 2011 census	4,586,353[3]
• Density	84[3]/km2 (217.6/sq mi) (107t)
GDP (PPP)	2015 estimate
• Total	$74.324 billion[4]
• Per capita	$15,365[4]
GDP (nominal)	2015 estimate
• Tot	$52.800 billion[4]
• Per capita	$10,916[4]
Gini (2009)	40.7[5] medium
HDI (2014)	0.766[6] heich · 69th
Currency	Costa Rican colón (CRC)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
Drivin side	right
Cawin code	+506
ISO 3166 code	CR
Internet TLD	.cr

Territorial organization

Costa Rica, which means "Rich Coast", constitutionally abolisht its airmy permanently in 1949 sicweys becomin militarily neutral. It is the anerlie Laitin American kintra includit in the leet o the warld’s 22 aulder democracies. Costa Rica haes consistently been amang the tap Latin American kintras in terms o the Human Development Index, an rankit 69t in the warld in 2011. The kintra is rankit 5t in the warld, an 1st amang the Americaes, in terms o the 2012 Environmental Performance Index.