Dig straight down through Costa Rica 🇨🇷 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺. Below are Costa Rica's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Capital | San José |
|---|---|
| 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) |
Taken from the middle of Costa Rica, that point sits at 9.7058° S, 96.3162° E. 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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