Costa Rica(1) and Panamá

How is the land laid out?

This is part of the twisty Isthmus of Panamá.

Who lives there?

This is one part of a large area of the Americas where Spanish and Roman Catholic Christianity represent the majority.

San José, capital of Costa Rica, is situated in the central plateau(2).

Who was there before?

A sampling of pre-Columbian languages follows. I. Chibchan languages were spoken through all of Costa Rica and most of Panamá. II. Choco languages were spoken near the Gulf of San Miguel, Panamá, as well as in Colombia.

north from the north of Costa Rica
northeast of Costa Rica and north of Panamá
southeast
southwest

Other broad topics

North America

Footnotes

(1) Translates as Rich Coast.
(2) Meseta central in Spanish.