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Costa Rica is a country in Central America, one of the 35 countries of the Americas on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of Costa Rica. In Arabic, the name is written كوستاريكا, and the capital سان خوسيه. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
The capital of Costa Rica is San José. San José lies at about 10° north and 84° west. The official language of Costa Rica is Spanish. Its currency is the Costa Rican Colón, with the symbol ₡ and the international code CRC.
Costa Rica covers about 51,100 square kilometres, which puts it 126th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with 2 countries: Nicaragua and Panama. The largest of these neighbours by area is Nicaragua. Other countries in Central America include Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Americas quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Costa Rica with the other countries of the same region.