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The following article lists the presidents and heads of state of Costa Rica since Central American independence from Spain. From 1824 to 1838 Costa Rica was a state within the Federal Republic of Central America ; since then it has been an independent nation.
Costa Rica (UK: / ˌ k ɒ s t ə ˈ r iː k ə /, US: / ˌ k oʊ s t ə-/ ⓘ; Spanish: [ˈkosta ˈrika]; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in the Central American region of North America. Costa Rica is bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and ...
The Federal Republic of Central America ( Spanish: República Federal de Centro América ), initially known as the United Provinces of Central America ( Provincias Unidas del Centro de América ), was a sovereign state in Central America which existed from 1823 to 1839/1841. The Federal Republic of Central America was composed of five states ...
The location of Costa Rica An enlargeable relief map of the Republic of Costa Rica. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Costa Rica: . Costa Rica – sovereign country located in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the east-southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, and the Caribbean Sea to the east.
Central America [b] is a subregion of North America. [2] Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Central America is usually defined as consisting of seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras ...
Geography of Costa Rica. / 9.933°N 84.083°W / 9.933; -84.083. Costa Rica is located on the Central American Isthmus, surrounding the point 10° north of the equator and 84° west of the prime meridian. It has 212 km of Caribbean Sea coastline and 1,016 on the North Pacific Ocean . The area is 51,100 km 2 of which 40 km 2 is water.
Central American reunification. A map of the original Federal Republic of Central America. Central American reunification, sometimes called Central Americanism, is the proposed political union of the countries of Central America ( Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua ), which had historically occurred during the existence ...
Parlacen was born as a parliamentary body emulating the Federal Republic of Central America, with Costa Rica an observer. It evolved from the Contadora Group, a project launched during the 1980s to deal with civil wars in El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Although the Contadora Group was dissolved in 1986, the concept of Central American ...