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Costa Rica and Panama


Costa Rica and Panama are two small countries in America, which are
known both beautiful and travel countries. It is part of well-connected
between two countries because it has the similar about location. Of
course, besides this thing, it has both climate and transport. Alongside
these similarities, however, there are distinct differences about
government, culture and cuisine by two countries. Where the best place
for a holiday? This question will be answered by examining how Costa Rica
and Panama compare on geography, climate, government, transport,
culture and cuisine.
The geography of Costa Rica and Panama are quite similar, which are
located on the Central American isthmus. It borders the Caribbean Sea
and Pacific Ocean. However there are some differences between some of
them. For example, the area of Costa Rica about 51,000 square km, it has
over 4.8 million people (2013) and San Jose is capital in Costa Rica. While
Panama has the area is a lot bigger than Costa Rica about over 75,515
square km, but the population of Panama is slightly lower than Costa Rica
about over 3.8 million people (2013). Capital of Panama is Panama City,
which is largest city in Panama. In other respects, the climate of Costa
Rica is just the same as the climate of Panama. Tropical is popular climate
in both Costa Rica and Panama. But Costa Rica has the summer or dry
season from December to April and the winter or rainy season from May to
November. Panama has tropical maritime climate with hot, humid, cloudy
prolonged rainy season from May to January and a short dry season from
January to May. But most of Panama has two seasons: wet or winter and
dry or summer. It has almost all of the rain falls during the rainy season
from April to December so it has humidity is scarcely higher than Costa
Rica. In summary, Costa Ricas weather are generally less extreme than
Panama, but Costa Rica is hotter than Panama.

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