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Transportation of Costa Rica

Airports:157 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 32
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 19
under 914 m: 9 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 125
914 to 1,523 m: 24
under 914 m: 101 (2006)
Pipelines:refined products 242 km (2006)
Railways:total: 278 km
narrow gauge: 278 km 1.067-m gauge
note: none of the railway network is in use (2007)
Roadways:total: 35,330 km
paved: 8,621 km
unpaved: 26,709 km (2004)
Waterways:730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2007)
Merchant marine:total: 2 ships (1000 GRT or over) 2,308 GRT/743 DWT
by type: passenger/cargo 2 (2006)
Ports and terminals:Caldera, Puerto Limon

Costa Rica Quickstats

  • Population: 4,133,884 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 51,100 sq km
  • Density: 85 /km² (107th)
  • GDP (total): $48.77 billion (84th)
  • GDP (per capita): $12,000�(62nd)
  • Literacy: 96%

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  • Currency: Costa Rican colon (CRC)
  • Dial code: +506

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