Full name: Republic of Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10 00 N, 84 00 W
Land area: 51,060 sq km, Land borders: 639 km
Sea area: 40 sq km, Coastline: 1,290 km
Population: 4,576,562 (July 2011 est.)
Position: Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Nicaragua and Panama
Neighbors: Nicaragua 309 km, Panama 330 km
Government: democratic republic
Telephones: 1.95 million (2009) mobile, 1.493 million (2009) landline
Phone international country code: 506