This is Costa Rica 🇨🇷 — what it is, and what sits on the far side of the planet from it. The antipode is the point you would reach by digging straight through the centre of the Earth.
| Capital | San José |
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| Population | about 5.05 million |
| Area | 53,830 km² (20,784 sq mi) |
| Region | Central America, North America |
| Economy | Emerging region: G20 |
| Income group | Upper middle income |
| Official name | Republic of Costa Rica |
| Also written | Costa Rica (es) · Costa Rica (fr) · 哥斯达黎加 (zh) · كوستاريكا (ar) · Коста-Рика (ru) · コスタリカ (ja) |
Start near the middle of Costa Rica and dig straight down through the centre of the Earth, and you would surface around 9.7058° S, 96.3162° E, in Indian Ocean 🌊. That spot is open water; the nearest coast is Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺, roughly 275 km (171 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Padang, Indonesia, about 1,071 km (665 miles) from the point.
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