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Area. 0.40 square kilometres (0.15 sq mi) Established. 8 May 2009. Governing body. National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) Conchal Wildlife Refuge (Spanish: Refugio de Vida Silvestre Conchal), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Tempisque Conservation Area, it was created in 2009 by decree 35426-MINAE. [1][2]
high · 5th of 7. Guanacaste (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡwanaˈkaste]) is a province of Costa Rica located in the northwestern region of the country, along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Alajuela Province to the east, and Puntarenas Province to the southeast. It is the most sparsely populated of all the ...
Tamarindo is a district of the Santa Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica, located on the Nicoya Peninsula. [1][2] The town of Tamarindo is the largest developed beach town in Guanacaste. Once a small fishing village, it has boomed in the 21st century with surfing and eco-tourism, and is now popular with surfers, digital nomads ...
Cabo Velas is a district of the Santa Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. [1] [2] ... Conchal, Flamingo, Garita Vieja, Jesús María, Lajas, Lomas ...
Overview. The Constitution of Costa Rica states, "For Public Administration purposes, the national territory is divided into provinces, these into cantons and cantons into districts." The country consists of 7 provinces (provincias), 84 cantons (cantones), and 489 districts (distritos). [2]
Gulf of Papagayo. Coordinates: 10.7°N 85.8°W. Gulf of Papagayo seen from space. The Gulf of Papagayo (Spanish: Golfo del Papagayo, meaning "gulf of the parrot") is a large body of water off Guanacaste province and the northwestern coast of Costa Rica. The Gulf and its coastline are part of a major tourism project by Costa Rica's government.
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Costa Rica is located on the Central American Isthmus, surrounding the point 10° north of the equator and 84° west of the prime meridian. It has 212 km of Caribbean Sea coastline and 1,016 on the North Pacific Ocean. The area is 51,100 km 2 of which 40 km 2 is water. It is slightly smaller than Bosnia and Herzegovina.