page_title: Geography of Costa Rica
hierarchical_section_title: Geography of Costa Rica
caption_attribution_description: Topographic map of Costa Rica. Created with GMT from SRTM data.
context_page_description: Costa Rica is located on the Central American Isthmus, surrounding the point 10° north of the equator and 84° west of the prime meridian. It has 212 km of Caribbean Sea coastline and 1,016 on the North Pacific Ocean.
  The area is 51,100 km² of which 40 km² is water. It is slightly smaller than the U.S. state of West Virginia.
context_section_description: Costa Rica is located on the Central American Isthmus, surrounding the point 10° north of the equator and 84° west of the prime meridian. It has 212 km of Caribbean Sea coastline and 1,016 on the North Pacific Ocean.
  The area is 51,100 km² of which 40 km² is water. It is slightly smaller than the U.S. state of West Virginia.
caption: Topography of Costa Rica
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