Costa Rica
in Central America
North America

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Country Quickfacts
Currency and Currency Code:
Colon - CRC
Spoken languages:
Spanish, English
Local electricity:
120 V - 60 Hz (plugs: A, B)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
850 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
ISO 2-Letter code:
CR
Internet top level domain:
.cr
Country phone prefix:
+506
Local Time (capital):
Timezone:
UTC/GMT offset: hours

Map of Costa Rican Unesco Heritage Sites

Click any of the markers above to learn more about the corresponding heritage site and learn more about Costa Rica in North America. The list below is ordered by name. The oldest site is Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park. On the list since 1983. The youngest site is Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquís. On the list since 2014.

Name Since
Area de Conservación Guanacaste
The Area de Conservación Guanacaste (inscribed in 1999), was extended with the addition of a 15,000 ha private property, St Elena. It contains important natural habitats for the conservation of biolo...		 1999
Cocos Island National Park
Cocos Island National Park, located 550 km off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, is the only island in the tropical eastern Pacific with a tropical rainforest. Its position as the first point of contac...		 1997
Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquís
The property includes four archaeological sites located in the Diquís Delta in southern Costa Rica, which are considered unique examples of the complex social, economic and political systems of the p...		 2014
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
The location of this unique site in Central America, where Quaternary glaciers have left their mark, has allowed the fauna and flora of North and South America to interbreed. Tropical rainforests cove...		 1983