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Jairo Mora Sandoval Gandoca-Manzanillo Mixed Wildlife Refuge (Spanish: Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Mixto Jairo Mora Sandoval Gandoca-Manzanillo), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Caribbean La Amistad Conservation Area, it was created in 1986 by decree. It protects both a land portion as well as a marine portion.
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Manzanillo is a village located just outside the Jairo Mora Sandoval Gandoca-Manzanillo Mixed Wildlife Refuge, at the end of Route 256. [4] Manzanillo is situated south of Puerto Limon in Limón Province on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast. The main attraction of this tiny town is its white sand beach lined with palm trees.
Jairo Mora Sandoval Gandoca-Manzanillo Mixed Wildlife Refuge; La Amistad International Park (shared with Panama and Pacific La Amistad Conservation Area) Limoncito Wildlife Refuge; Pacuare-Matina Forest Reserve; Pacuare River Forest Reserve; Siquirres River Basin Protected Zone
Environmentalists requested that the Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, adjacent to Mora's hometown Gandoca, be renamed in honor of him. The plan was endorsed by his family. [37] On 2 September 2013 the refuge was renamed after him and is now known as Jairo Mora Sandoval Gandoca-Manzanillo Mixed Wildlife Refuge. [44]
The ecoregion has two small sites in Costa Rica, one around the bay north of Limón, and another on the Panamanian border in the Jairo Mora Sandoval Gandoca-Manzanillo Mixed Wildlife Refuge. In Panama, the sites are grouped around the outlet of the Changuinola River, and the coast and islands of Bocas del Toro Province.
Eighty-eight percent of Talamanca's territory is protected. Fifty-five percent of this land falls under the Chirripó, Amistad, and Cahuita National Parks; and 2% belongs to the Jairo Mora Sandoval Gandoca-Manzanillo Mixed Wildlife Refuge (a major sea turtle nesting ground).
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca is a coastal town in Talamanca in Limón Province in southeastern Costa Rica, known simply as Puerto Viejo to locals. [1] The town was originally called Old Harbour until the Costa Rican government institutionalized Spanish as the national language and changed the names of the towns and landmarks in the area from English to Spanish or Native American.