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Costa Rica is formally termed as "Republic of Costa Rica" is located in Central America . It is surrounded by Nicaragua on the northern side, Panama to the East and South side with Pacific Ocean to its western side and Caribbean Sea to its eastern side. As the name implies, Costa Rica also means "Rich Coast", with long stretches of alluring and bright beaches. It is also termed as "Switzerland of the Americans" due to its landscape beauty, plants and animals, and ecology. Costa Rica has pleasant and comfortable climate and also amazing nature. This is the main reason that the industry of tour&tourism; has developed greatly in last few years. People from all over the world come to relax and feel the pleasant climate of this alluring country. It is a perfect vacation place for all the nature lovers all over the world. Most of the people consider Costa Rica as heaven on this planet. Its far beyond words to express the true beauty of this amazing country-Costa Rica.

Costa Rica provides shelter to huge variety of animals and plants. It encloses 5% of the world's complete ecology. You will be amazed to see several national parks and highly protected areas as a tribute to wild animals, birds and plants. Corcovado National Park is one of the popular national parks here. The 4 Costarican monkeys are all found here. Tortuguero National Park- Tortuguero means full of Turtles, gives shelter to howler, spider and white throated Capuchin monkeys, a lot of species of birds as well as enormous range of reptiles. It also provides nesting for endangered green turtle along with leatherback, loggerhead, and hawksbill. The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve is shelter to greater than two thousand plant species with many orchids. Various animals are also found here. Thus, it is indeed great seeing these spots to amaze yourself with huge biodiversity found here.

The culture in Costa Rica is similar to religious culture in the developed European countries. Christianity is the core and leading religion here, whereas Roman Catholicism is the official state religion. But it also allows freedom of religion. Hence, you will find the Christian culture existing in this God-blessed country-Costa Rica. Spanish is the main language here and about 97% of the total population considers Spanish as their mother tongue. These days, Latin American culture exists here but the Pre-Columbian culture is almost non-existing. The highly respected Christian religion as well as the widely spoken Spanish language form the two main pillars of Costa Rican culture. But, great efforts are taken by the department of youth, culture and sports to support the cultural life in Costa Rica. National Symphony Orchestra and Youth Symphony of Costa Rica helps in promotion of youth and culture here. Guitar is the most highly recognized musical instrument and is specifically used in folk dances of Costa Rica. Reggae and Reggaton are popular dance forms here along with salsa, cumbia, soca, meringue, bachata, and Costa Rican swing. Hence, Costa Rica is really a energetic country where people in fact enjoy their lives to the maximum.