Costa Rica: Top 10 Quick Facts

¡Hola, welcome to Costa Rica!

Almost Motto: "Pura Vida" which means 'Pure Life'.

• Costa Rica is located in Central America. North of Costa Rica is Nicaragua, while south of it is Panama.

• The Costa Rican flag has 5 horizontal bands. 1st and 5th band are blue, 2nd and 4th band are white, while the 3rd/ middle band is red. The middle band contains the coat of arms.

• The capital city of Costa Rica is San Jose with a population of over 335,000 people.

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• Another city of Costa Rica is Limon with a population of over 60,000 people.

• The official language of Costa Rica is Spanish.

• National animal: White-Tailed Deer

• National flower: Guaria Morada

• Traditional clothing

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• The national sport is Football/ Soccer

• And, anybody's favorite: Food.

Breakfast Gallo Pinto

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Chifrijo

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Patacones

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