Costa Rica, dzina lonse la Republic of Costa Rica, ili ndi dera lalikulu masikweya kilomita 51,100. Ili kumwera kwa Central America. Imadutsa Nyanja ya Caribbean kum'mawa, Pacific Ocean kumadzulo, Nicaragua kumpoto, ndi Panama kumwera chakum'mawa. Gombe la Costa Rica ndi losavuta, pomwe likulu limadulidwa ndi mapiri olimba. Dzikoli lati madera ake azachuma ndi 200 nautical miles komanso nyanja yake kukhala 12 nautical miles. Nyengo ndi yotentha komanso kotentha, ndipo gawo lake ndi neotropical.

Costa Rica poyamba anali malo omwe Amwenye amakhala. Columbus adapeza Costa Rica pa Seputembara 18, 1502. Inakhala koloni yaku Spain ku 1564. Ili pansi paulamuliro wa boma la Guatemala Metropolitan Government of Spain. Kudziyimira pawokha kudalengezedwa pa Seputembara 15, 1821. Adalowa nawo Central American Federation mu 1823 ndipo adachoka ku Central American Federation mu 1838. Republic idakhazikitsidwa pa Ogasiti 30, 1848.

Mbendera yadziko: Ndi yaying'ono, yamakilomita 5,3. Pamwamba pa mbendera pamakhala mizere isanu ikuluikulu yolumikizana motsatana, kuyambira pamwamba mpaka pansi mwanjira ya buluu, yoyera, yofiira, yoyera, ndi yamtambo; gawo lofiira limapangidwa ndi chizindikiro cha dziko kumanzere. Mitundu ya buluu ndi yoyera imachokera ku mitundu yakale ya Central American Federation, ndipo gawo lofiira lidawonjezeredwa pomwe Republic idakhazikitsidwa mu 1848.

Costa Rica ili ndi anthu 4.27 miliyoni (2007). Chilankhulo chachikulu ndi Chisipanishi. Anthu 95% amakhulupirira Chikatolika. Mulingo wachitukuko cha zachuma ku Costa Rica uli m'gulu labwino kwambiri ku Central America, wokhala ndi GDP yopitilira madola 4,600 aku US. Dziko la Colombia lili ndi chuma chambiri, lili ndi nkhokwe za bauxite pafupifupi matani 150 miliyoni, nkhokwe zachitsulo pafupifupi matani 400 miliyoni, nkhokwe za malasha pafupifupi matani 50 miliyoni, komanso nkhalango zokuta mahekitala 600,000. Makampani ake amalamulidwa ndi mafakitale opepuka komanso opanga, makamaka kuphatikiza nsalu, zida, chakudya, nkhuni, ndi mankhwala. Zaulimi zimapanga makamaka zikhalidwe monga khofi, nthochi ndi nzimbe. Colombia ndiye wachiwiri wogulitsa nthochi padziko lonse lapansi, wachiwiri pambuyo pa Ecuador. Khofi ndi chinthu chachiwiri chofunikira kwambiri paulimi waku Colombian.

San Jose: San Jose, likulu la Costa Rica, lili m'chigwa chapakati pa mapiri a Costa Rica, pamtunda wa mamita 1,160, ndipo ndiye likulu lalikulu kwambiri ku Central America. San Jose ili ndi nyengo yotentha yam'malo otentha, ndi kutentha kuyambira 14 mpaka 21 ° C, kutentha kwapakati pa 20.5 ° C. Nyengo yamvula imakhala kuyambira Meyi mpaka Novembala chaka chilichonse, ndipo nyengo yadzuwa ndi mpumulo wa chaka, ndipo nyengo imakhala yabwino. Mvula yamvula yapachaka imakhala pafupifupi 2000 mm.

A Spanish atalanda Costa Rica, malo oyambilira andale anali mumzinda wa Caltago kum'mawa kwa chigawo chapakati. Kumapeto kwa zaka za zana la 16, anthu adayamba kusamukira ku Central Valley. Mu 1814, Tchalitchi cha Katolika chinakhazikitsa sukulu yoyamba pano, St. Thomas Educational House. Central America itakhala yodziyimira payokha kuchokera ku Spain mu 1821, San Jose idakhala likulu la Costa Rica. Pa Seputembara 15, 1821, Costa Rica yalengeza ufulu wodziyimira pawokha ndipo idakhazikitsa Republic mu 1848, ndipo San Jose ndiye likulu lake mpaka pano. M'zaka za m'ma 1940, San Jose anali likulu ladziko lonse lopangira khofi. Pambuyo pa ma 1950, ndikupanga mafakitale, mzindawu udakula mwachangu, ndipo San Jose tsopano ndi mzinda wamakono.

San Jose ndi mzinda wotchuka wa alendo, ndipo pali malo ambiri okaona malo pafupi. Phiri la Boas lili kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Central Valley, makilomita 57 kuchokera ku San Jose. Phirili linayamba kuphulika mu 1910. Alendo amatha kuwona phiri lomwe laphalaphalali lomwe likuyendabe pang'onopang'ono papulatifomu. Pali nyanja ziwiri m'chigwacho chomwe chili ndi kutalika kwa mita 1,600 kumtunda kwa volcano. Nyanja yomwe ili pamwambapa ndiyomveka bwino komanso imakhala yopanda kanthu, yozunguliridwa ndi mitundu yobiriwira yobiriwira. Nyanja ili m'munsiyi ili ndi miyala yambiri yamiyala yokhala ndi asidi wambiri. Chifukwa cha kuphulika kwa phiri, mpweya wonyezimira unatuluka m'nyanjayi, ndikupanga mawu otentha kwambiri, kenako gawo lalikulu lamadzi loposa 100 mita linakhazikitsidwa kuti likhale geyser wamkulu kwambiri padziko lapansi. Kusintha kwanyengo ndi kuphulika kwa mapiri, mtundu wa nyanjayo umasintha, nthawi zina buluu, nthawi zina imvi.