Geography:
- four volcanoes, two of them active, rise near the capital of San Jose in the center of the country; one of the volcanoes, Irazu, erupted destructively in 1963-65
- Climate:tropical and subtropical; dry season (December to April); rainy season (May to November); cooler in highlands
- Costa Rica is slightly smaller than West Virginia
- 130th largest country in world - ~200 countries total
- Important Cities - San Jose (capital), Puerto Limon, San Francisco, Alajuela
- GDP - $55.73 billion
- Exports: bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar; beef; seafood; electronic components, medical equipment
- Imports:raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum, construction materials
- 4.9% inflation rate
- Exchange Rate: Costa Rican colones (CRC) per US dollar -505.66 (2011 est.)
- Urbanization Rate - 2.1% annual rate of change
- Unemployment rate: 6.5%
- Jobs:
- agriculture: 14% (bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes; beef, poultry, dairy; timber)
- industry: 22%(microprocessors, food processing, medical equipment, textiles and clothing, construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products)
- services: 64% (2006 est.)
- Population - 4,636,348 people
- Life Expectancy - 77.89 years old
- Literacy Rate - 94.9%
- Population below the poverty line: 24.2% (2010 est.)
- Unemployment rate: 6.5%
- Urban Population - 64% of total population
- Native American Tribes:
- Boruca (still some remaining)
- Bribri (still some remaining)
- Cabecar
- Changuena
- Chorotega
- Corobici
- Dorasque
- Guatuso
- Guetar
- Teribe
