State
Costa Rica
country in Central America
- This boundary
- 1821–1945
- Founded
- 1821
- Capital
- San José
- Languages
- Spanish
- Preceded by
- Mosquitia
Overview
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, sharing a maritime border with Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around five million in a land area of nearly 51,180 km2 (19,760 sq mi); the capital and largest city is San José, home to around 350,000 residents and two million people in the surrounding metropolitan area.
All rulers (25)
- Juan Mora Fernández1825–1833
- José Rafael Gallegos1833–1835
- Braulio Carrillo Colina1835–1837
- Braulio Carrillo Colina1838–1842
- Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia1840–1844
- José Rafael Gallegos1845–1846
- Juan Rafael Mora Porras1849–1859
- Rafael Barroeta Baca1873–1874
- Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez1882
- Próspero Fernández Oreamuno1882–1885
- Bernardo Soto Alfaro1885–1889
- José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón1890–1894
- Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra1902–1906
- Cleto González Víquez1906–1910
- Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno1910–1914
- Alfredo González Flores1914–1917
- Federico Alberto Tinoco Granados1917–1919
- Juan Bautista Quirós Segura1919
- Francisco Aguilar Barquero1919–1920
- Julio Acosta García1920–1924
- Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno1924–1928
- Cleto González Víquez1928–1932
- Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno1932–1936
- León Cortés Castro1936–1940
- Teodoro Picado Michalski1944–1948
Records (8)
- 1823 — Tratado Montealegre-VelascoTreaty
- 1835 — League WarWar
- 1842 — Alajuela uprisingRebellion
- 1842 — Battle of CartagoBattle
- 1854 — Tratado Molina-MarcoletaTreaty
- 1856 — Battle of Santa Rosa de CopanBattle · Costa Rica ▸ Filibusters
- 1885 — Barrios' War of ReunificationWar
- 1921 — Coto WarWar
Facts from Wikidata (CC0), HCED (CC0) and Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0); overview excerpted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).