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Carretera Interamericana Norte near San Ramón canton, Alajuela province, Costa Rica. April 2007. National Primary Route 1, formally known as Carretera Interamericana Norte (North Interamerican Road), is the northern segment of the Pan-American Highway (locally in Central America known as the Inter-American Highway) that traverses Costa Rica.
Political and human geography. Costa Rica shares a 313-kilometre (194-mile) border with Nicaragua to the north, and a 348-km border with Panama to the south. Costa Rica claims an exclusive economic zone of 574,725 km 2 (221,903 sq mi) with 200 nautical miles (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) and a territorial sea of 12 nautical miles (22.2 km; 13.8 mi).
0–9. 1910 Costa Rica earthquakes. 1991 Limon earthquake. 2012 Costa Rica earthquake. Categories: Costa Rica. Geography of Central America by country. Geography of North America by country. Geography by country.
5.07 Heredia Route 128: Secondary 5.23 Heredia Route 129: Secondary 5.13 Heredia Route 130: Secondary 17.29 Alajuela Route 131: Secondary 20.12 Alajuela, Puntarenas Route 132: Secondary 10.15 Puntarenas Route 133: Secondary 4.86 Guanacaste Route 134: Secondary 3.82 Alajuela Route 135: Secondary 21.92 Alajuela Route 136: Secondary 28.62 San ...
The geology of Costa Rica is part of the Panama Microplate, which is slowly moving north relative to the stable Caribbean Plate. [1] [2] In the late Cretaceous, an oceanic trench or backarc system formed in connection with a subduction zone, situated where the Isthmus of Panama is now located. Into the early Paleogene, deep sea, open ocean ...
The route was created due to the Costa Rica–Nicaragua San Juan River border dispute between 2010 and 2015, and it is an officially designated national road, it was deemed a strategic necessity and granted emergency status by presidential decree, because the border dispute put in jeopardy the access of the river by Costa Rica citizens who made ...
It is located at 10°N 85.4166667°W. It varies from 19 to 37 miles (60 km) wide and is approximately 75 miles (121 km) long, forming the largest peninsula in the country. It is known for its beaches and is a popular tourist destination. The main transport and commercial centre in the region is Nicoya, one of the oldest settlements in Costa Rica.
Location in Costa Rica. Turrialba Volcano National Park, or in Spanish the Parque Nacional Volcan Turrialba is a national park in the Central Conservation Area of Costa Rica that encompasses the area around the Turrialba Volcano in Cartago Province . Major eruptions in the past have occurred in the years between 1864 and 1868.