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  2. Nicoya - Wikipedia

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    24,833. • Density. 80/km 2 (210/sq mi) Time zone. UTC−06:00. Postal code. 50201. Nicoya is a district and head city of the Nicoya canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica, located on the Nicoya Peninsula. [2][3] It is one of the country's most important tourist zones; it serves as a transport hub to Guanacaste's beaches and national ...

  3. Nicoya Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The Nicoya Peninsula (Spanish: Península de Nicoya) is a peninsula on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It is divided into two provinces: Guanacaste Province in the north, and the Puntarenas Province in the south. It is located at 10°N 85.4166667°W. It varies from 30–60 km (19–37 mi) in width and is about 120 km (75 mi) long, forming the ...

  4. Kingdom of Nicoya - Wikipedia

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    The Kingdom of Nicoya (from Nahuatl: Nekok Yaotl ), also called Cacicazgo or Lordship of Nicoya, was an indigenous nation that comprised much of the territory of the current Guanacaste Province, in the North Pacific of Costa Rica. Its political, economic and religious center was the city of Nicoya, located on the peninsula of the same name ...

  5. Guanacaste Province - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Nicoya (canton) - Wikipedia

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    History Proto-historical Nicoya. When conquistador Gil Gonzalez Dávila entered Nicoya in 1523, it was the largest cacicazgo (chiefdom) on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. . Though it is often surmised that the city and peninsula of Nicoya derive their name from a cacique Nicoa (or Nicoya) who welcomed Dávila and his men, actually Nicoya took its name from the Nahuatl appellation Necoc Īāuh ...

  7. Annexation of Nicoya - Wikipedia

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    Currently, the annexation of the Nicoya Territory is an anniversary of Costa Rica, which is celebrated with civic and cultural events in schools and communities across the country every July 25. Guanacaste's official motto (which appears in its official sigil) is "De la patria por nuestra voluntad" (Of the homeland by our own will) for this reason.

  8. Tamarindo, Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Diriá National Park - Wikipedia

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    Location in Costa Rica. The Diriá National Park, until 2004 the Diriá National Forest Wildlife Refuge, is a National Park of Costa Rica south of Santa Cruz in the Guanacaste Province, and forms part of the Tempisque Conservation Area. It protects both dry and at higher elevations humid tropical forest in the central highlands of the Nicoya ...

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