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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 provinces of ...
Location in Costa Rica. Guanacaste National Park, in Spanish Parque Nacional Guanacaste is a national park in northern Costa Rica. The park is part of the Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site, and stretches from the slopes of the Orosí and Cacao volcanoes west to the Interamerican Highway where it is adjacent to the Santa Rosa ...
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 ...
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 . It varies from 30–60 km (19–37 mi) in width and is about 120 km (75 mi) long, forming the largest peninsula ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
The town of Santa Cruz, administrative center of the canton and district of Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz district. Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz district location in Costa Rica. Coordinates: 10°12′54″N 85°36′52″W / . 10.2148723°N 85.6145086°W. / 10.2148723; -85.6145086.