About Limón
Limón, also known as Puerto Limón, is the capital city of both the province and canton of the same name. One of Costa Rica's seven "middle cities", Limón has a population of 100,532, which made it, as of 2025, the most-populous city in the country outside of the Greater Metropolitan Area and the second most-populous district in the nation.
Source: Wikipedia
Essential Information
Currency
Costa Rican colón (CRC)
Symbol: ₡
Language
Spanish
Phone Code
+506
International dialing code for Costa Rica
Driving
Drive on the right
Standard for Costa Rica
Region
Americas
Central America
Safety in Limón
High Safety (Global Peace Index: 1.732)
About the Global Peace Index: Global Peace Index measures peacefulness on a scale of 1 (most peaceful) to 5 (least peaceful)
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