Comparing Mexico And Costa Rica

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The two regions I will be talking about today will be Mexico and Costa Rica and the reason why is to show readers that their are a lot of differences in these countries such as how big they are, weather, & money wise. Costa Rica is located in the Central America and cover about 51,060 square kilometers of land and is the 131st largest nation in the world. While on the other hand Mexico is located in the North America and covers about 1,943,945 square kilometers of land making it the 14th largest nation in the world. Im going to compare and contrast the two nations Costa Rica and Mexico to verify that Mexico has more going on.

Mexico is located at about 23° N and 102° W in the southern portion of North America. Mexico is also three times as

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