Costa Rica (literally meaning, «Rich Coast»), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country of 51’100 km², in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around 5 million, of whom nearly a quarter live in the metropolitan area of the capital and largest city, San José. (Source: Wikipedia)