Costa Rica, officially known as the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country located in Central America. It shares land borders with Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the southeast. The nation is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the northeast and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, while also sharing a maritime border with Ecuador south of Cocos Island.
The country covers a land area of nearly 51,180 km2 (19,760 sq mi) and has a population of approximately five million people. The capital and largest city is San José, which houses about 350,000 residents within the city limits and roughly two million people in the surrounding metropolitan area.