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The southern bank of the River San Juan lies on the border for much of its length. The border separates, from east to west: Departments of Nicaragua: Río San Juan and Rivas. Provinces of Costa Rica: Limón, Heredia, Alajuela and Guanacaste. Costa Rica and Nicaragua were part of the United Provinces of Central America between 1823 and 1838 ...
Costa Rica–Nicaragua relations are the bilateral relations between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Costa Rica has an embassy in Managua. [1] Nicaragua has an embassy in San José. [2] Both countries are members of the Central American Integration System, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, and the Organization of Ibero-American States.
Railroads in Costa Rica are managed by state owned Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles, Incofer, and are of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge, the same as Honduras and Nicaragua. Incofer runs the Interurbano Line around San José and freight trains in the Caribbean for ArcelorMittal operations. The first railroad in Costa Rica was opened ...
San Pedro roundabout in San José There are many modes of transport in Costa Rica but the country's infrastructure has suffered from a lack of maintenance and new investment. There is an extensive road system of more than 30,000 kilometers, although much of it is in disrepair; this also applies to ports, railways and water delivery systems. [ 1 ]
A dispute emerged in 1998 when Nicaragua forbade the transit of Costa Rican policemen in the river, which Nicaragua claims to be a breach of sovereignty, and unilaterally imposed a US$25 tax for any Costa Rican tourists who enter the San Juan river, as persons are not objects of trade but subjects of trade and are, therefore, not covered by the treaty.
Isla Calero (English: Calero Island) is the largest island in Costa Rica, as well as along the San Juan River, which marks the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The island lies between the San Juan (to the north and west), the Río Colorado of Costa Rica (to the south and southeast), and the Caribbean Sea (to the east and northeast). The ...
National Primary Route 35, or just Route 35 (Spanish: Ruta Nacional Primaria 35, or Ruta 35) is a National Road Route of Costa Rica, located in the Alajuela province, and it is a road that serves the central north area of Costa Rica. [1]
The San Juan River (Spanish: Río San Juan), also known as El Desaguadero ("the drain"), is a 192-kilometre (119 mi) river that flows east out of Lake Nicaragua into the Caribbean Sea. A large section of the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica runs on the southern bank of the river.