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2. Jacó, Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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   UTC−06:00. Postal code. 61101. Jacó (Spanish pronunciation: [xa'ko]) is a district of the Garabito canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. [1][2] Jacó has a black sand beach that is 4 km (2.5 mi) long and is popular among surfers. [3]

3. Garabito (canton) - Wikipedia

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   Garabito has an area of 316.31 km 2[4] and a mean elevation of 22 metres. [2] The canton lies along the north-central Pacific coast between Punta Loros near the town of Tivives and the mouth of the Tusubres River. The eastern boundary runs through the Fila Negra, a coastal mountain range. It is one of the most visited cantones of the area, due ...

4. Carara National Park - Wikipedia

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   Carara National Park area. Carara National Park is a national park in the Central Pacific Conservation Area located near the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It was established on 27 April 1978 as a biological reserve, but its growing popularity after 1990 forced the government to upgrade its category to national park in November 1998.

5. Stone spheres of Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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   The stone spheres of Costa Rica are an assortment of over 300 petrospheres in Costa Rica, on the Diquís Delta and on Isla del Caño. Locally, they are also known as bolas de piedra (lit. 'stone balls'). The spheres are commonly attributed to the extinct Diquís culture, and they are sometimes referred to as the Diquís Spheres.

6. Arenal Volcano - Wikipedia

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   Arenal in November 2006. Arenal Volcano (Spanish: Volcán Arenal) is an active andesitic stratovolcano in north-western Costa Rica around 90 km (56 mi) northwest of San José, in the province of Alajuela, canton of San Carlos, and district of La Fortuna. The Arenal volcano measures at least 1,633 metres (5,358 ft) high. [2]

7. 2017 Costa Rica earthquake - Wikipedia

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   2017 Costa Rica earthquake. / 9.526; -84.505. The 2017 Costa Rica earthquake occurred 16 kilometres southeast of Jacó, which is about 100 kilometres southwest of the capital, San Jose [ 2] on November 12, 2017. At first, the quake was measured at a magnitude of 6.8, it was a magnitude 6.5 earthquake with a max intensity of VIII ( Severe) on ...

8. List of birds of Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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   The clay-colored thrush is the national bird of Costa Rica. Although Costa Rica is a small country, it is in the bird-rich neotropical region and has a huge number of species for its area. The official bird list published by the Costa Rican Rare Birds and Records Committee of the Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica (AOCR) contained 948 ...

9. Manuel Antonio National Park - Wikipedia

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   Location in Costa Rica. Manuel Antonio National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio) is a small national park in the Central Pacific Conservation Area located on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, just south of the city of Quepos, Puntarenas, and 157 km (98 mi) from the national capital of San José. It was established in 1972, when the ...