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"La Fortuna" is Spanish for "The Fortune", and aptly named due its ample supply of tourist attractions and extremely fertile lands. Although there is a common myth that the town got its name due to its sparing from the Arenal Volcano's eruptions, the town actually got its name before the latest eruption cycle and was named for the fertile lands ("The Fortune") where it is located.
La Fortuna Waterfall (Spanish for "the fortune") is in central Costa Rica, in the Alajuela Province.In Spanish, it is known as Catarata Fortuna.The waterfall drops about 70−75 meters and is at the base of the dormant Chato volcano, about 5.5 km outside of the town of La Fortuna, near the Arenal Volcano.
La Fortuna was created on 14 August 1968 by Decreto 29. Segregated from Bagaces. Geography. La Fortuna has an area of 163.37 km² and an elevation of 430 metres. Villages. Administrative center of the district is the town of La Fortuna.
La Fortuna may refer to: Places: La Fortuna, San Carlos, Costa Rica, a district and small city; La Fortuna, Bagaces Cantón, Costa Rica, a district and village; La Fortuna Waterfall (Costa Rica) Río de la Fortuna, a river in Bolivia; Other uses: La Fortuna (Metro Madrid), a station on Line 11; La Fortuna, a drama first broadcast in 2021 in Spain
The volcano is located at the center of Arenal Volcano National Park in the northern zone of the country, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southwest of the La Fortuna district in San Carlos (canton), Costa Rica. [5] Arenal Volcano area is an important watershed for the Arenal Lake Reservoir. The reservoir's water is used for hydroelectric power. It is ...
Arenal Airport (IATA: FON, ICAO: MRAN) is an airport serving La Fortuna, a district in San Carlos Canton, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica.The airport is named after the Arenal Volcano, one of the major tourist attractions in the country.
Arenal Volcano National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal) is a Costa Rican national park in the central part of the country, part of the Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area. The park encompasses the Arenal Volcano , the most active in the country, which was believed to be dormant until a major eruption in 1968.
Nuevo Arenal is a town located in the Arenal district of Tilarán Canton in the Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. It is located on the north shore of Lake Arenal. The former village of Arenal near the La Fortuna area was inundated in 1978 with the formation of the artificial Lake Arenal. Nuevo Arenal was a government project to relocate the ...