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Downtown Elkins Historic District is a national historic district located at Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia. It encompasses 65 contributing buildings in the central business district of Elkins. It includes mostly commercial buildings constructed in the late-19th and early-20th century.
Hojancha has an area of 261.42 km² [6] and a mean elevation of 389 metres. [2]The canton is in the midsection of the Nicoya Peninsula.It is relatively compact, with a slim area reaching south to encompass a small portion of the Pacific coastline from Carrillo Beach southward to the mouth of the Ora River.
Toponymy. The name of the canton is in honor of former head of state Braulio Carrillo Colina.. History. Carrillo was created on 16 June 1877 by decree 22. In the 18th century a group of Ladinos settled on the west bank of the middle Tempisque River, where there was a grove of trees called "sietecueros" (Lonchocarpus costericensi), giving rise to the population that corresponds to the city of ...
La Cruz was created on 23 July 1969 by decree 4354. [1] In Pre-Columbian times the area currently known as the canton de La Cruz, was part of a province of the Indians called Chorotegas whose domains ranged from the Nicoya Peninsula to Lake Nicaragua, made up of several villages or domains.
History. Cuajiniquil was created on 11 November 1974 by Decreto Ejecutivo 4315-G. Segregated from Veintisiete de Abril.. Geography. Cuajiniquil has an area of 218.65 km² and an elevation of 24 metres.
A commonly used term in Costa Rican restaurants is agua con gas meaning "water with gas", or carbonated water. Water is generally potable in Costa Rica, but this is not guaranteed. [1] In Costa Rica, beer is the most commonly consumed alcoholic drink. Imperial and Pilsen are the two most widely popular beers in the country. Imperial was founded ...
La Garita is a district of the La Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. [1] [2] It is located in the north of the country, near the Nicaraguan border.
Papagayo Peninsula is located on the north Pacific coast of Costa Rica in the northwest province of Guanacaste. It is located in the Golfo de Papagayo and was formed by volcanic activity as the Caribbean tectonic plate continuously overrode the Cocos Plate and by subsequent weather erosion. [1]