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COSTA RICA<br />

Coauthors: Jorge Cortés, Ana C. Fonseca-<br />

Escalante, AGRRA <strong>and</strong> CARICOMP<br />

Geographic Information<br />

Coastal Length: 1,468 km<br />

(<strong>Caribbean</strong><br />

coast length:<br />

212 km)<br />

L<strong>and</strong> Area: 51,100 km 2<br />

Maritime Area: 589,683 km 2<br />

(<strong>Caribbean</strong><br />

Marine Area: 2,310 km 2 )<br />

Population: 4,123,520<br />

Reef Area: ~20 km 2<br />

(<strong>Caribbean</strong> reef area: ~10 km 2 )<br />

Number of hurricanes<br />

in the past 20 years: 0<br />

Fig. 10.1 Map of Costa Rica, codes represent studies listed in Table 10.1. Missing map code(s) due to unavailable coordinates.<br />

152 STATUS AND TRENDS OF CARIBBEAN CORAL REEFS: 1969-2012

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