Costa Rica (Mato Grosso do Sul)
Coordinates: 18 ° 33 ′ S , 53 ° 8 ′ W
Costa Rica is a small town in the east of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul , 40 km from the entrance to the Emas National Park in Goiás .
The place is at an altitude of 641 m. It was founded on May 12, 1980 as a separate municipality . Originally it was the seat of a country estate, the Fazenda Imbirussu . The area is enormous with 5,741 km². The population is 16,318 (2005 estimate) and the human development index is 0.798. The mayor (2009–2012) is Jesus Queiroz Baird ( PMDB ).
The municipality borders in the north on Mato Grosso , in the east on Chapadão do Céu in Goiás, in the southeast on Chapadão do Sul , in the south on Água Clara , in the southwest on Camapuã and in the northwest on Alcinópolis .
Attractions
- Salto Magestoso do Rio Sucuriu : (2 km) a mighty 76 m high waterfall
- Saltinho : (2 km) a number of small falls nearby
- Lages (16 km) : a small canyon with waterfalls and swimming pools
- 1 ° Salto Sucuriu or Salto Rapadura : a series of falls on the border with Goiás
- Salto da Água Emendada : a 80 m fall on the Rio Taquari
- Cachoeira das Araras : in a deep valley, a scenic 30 m fall in cerrado vegetation
- Furnas e Canyons : (40 km) form a group of gorges Jauruzinho , Taquarizinho , Engano , Mutum , Furnas
- Borda da Serra da Boa Vista : (40 km) slopes of the Serra das Araras with gorges
- Água Santa : (30 km) former geysers
- Orquidário Natural : (12 km), a 400 m high sandstone block a natural garden of orchids , bromeliads and cacti forms
- Ponte de Pedra : (60 km) the Rio Sucuriu forms two arms, one flows under a natural bridge
- Gruta da Verdade : a grotto with an emerald green lake and bioluminescence from termites at the beginning of the rainy season
- Gruta do Tope da Pedra : a grotto with rock paintings
- Cattle breeding: you can still experience everyday life there today
