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Costa Rica Polymer Banknote 1000 Mil Costa Rica,[a] officially the Republic of Costa Rica,[b] 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[11][12] in a land area of nearly 51,180 km2 (19,760 sq mi);[13] the capital and largest city is San José, home to around 350,000 residents and two million people in the surrounding metropolitan area. [14]