Articles in Costa Rica ( 171 )

171 Articles of interest in Costa Rica

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  • Gulf of Papagayo

    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.

  • Estadio Municipal Pérez Zeledón

    Estadio Municipal Pérez Zeledón is a multi-use stadium in San Isidro, Costa Rica. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of the Costa Rican FPD teams Municipal Pérez Zeledón and AS Puma Generaleña.

  • El Castillo (municipality)

    El Castillo is a municipality located on the Río San Juan (San Juan River) in the Río San Juan Department of Nicaragua. The settlement of what would eventually become the municipality of El Castillo began in 1673, when construction of the Fortaleza …

  • Chira Island

    Chira Island is a 3,000-hectare (7,400-acre) Costa Rican Pacific island located at the upper end of the Gulf of Nicoya, an extensive inlet of sea water that is the result of a geological fault that has caused the land to submerge, leaving exposed on…

  • Barra Honda National Park

    Barra Honda National Park is a national park in the western part of Costa Rica, which forms part of the Tempisque Conservation Area about 12 km (7.46 mi) from the Tempisque River. It was created in 1974 to protect its famous cave systems, under the …

  • Upala

    Upala is the capital city of the canton of Upala in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. It is also the name of the distrito (district) that includes the city.

  • Tambor Airport

    Tambor Airport (IATA: TMU, ICAO: MRTR) is an airport that serves Tambor, Costa Rica. The airport is also relatively close to Mal Pais, Santa Teresa, Montezuma, Cobano, Playa Cocalito, and Cabo Blanco Absolute Natural Reserve.

  • Palmares de Alajuela

    Palmares is the capital city of the canton of Palmares in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. It is also the name of the distrito (district) that includes the city.

  • Palmar Sur

    Palmar Sur is a town in Costa Rica, located next to Palmar Norte in the Osa region of Puntarenas Province. Palmar Norte and Palmar Sur are separated by the Rio Terraba. Palmar Sur has a regional airport that has daily flights arriving from San Jose …

  • Orotina

    Orotina is the capital city of the canton of Orotina in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. It is also the name of the distrito (district) that includes the city.

  • Desamparados

    Desamparados is the capital city of Desamparados Canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. It is also the name of the distrito (district) that includes the city.

  • Abangares (canton)

    Abangares is the seventh canton in the province of Guanacaste in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 675.76 km², and has a population of 18,895. Its capital city is Las Juntas.

  • San Marcos, Costa Rica

    San Marcos or San Marcos de Tarrazú is the capital city of the canton of Tarrazú in the province of San José in Costa Rica. It is also the name of the distrito (district) that includes the city.

  • San Francisco de Dos Ríos District

    San Francisco de Dos Ríos District, the sixth "distrito" of San José Canton, Costa Rica, is one of the administrative units surrounding San José downtown (officially composed by the districts of El Carmen, Merced, Hospital and Catedral). The distric…

  • Rivas, Costa Rica

    Rivas is a modern hamlet located in the General River Valley of Costa Rica near the city of San Isidro. The town is positioned 1 kilometer north of where the Rio Buenavista and the Rio Chirripò Pacífico converge to form the Rio General. Rivas is loc…

  • Palmar Sur Airport

    Palmar Sur Airport (IATA: PMZ, ICAO: MRPM) is an airport that serves Palmar Sur, Costa Rica. It is located in southern Puntarenas province near the Osa Peninsula. The airport basically consists of a hut with a paved runway. Both charter planes and s…

  • Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica

    Golfo Dulce (English: Sweet Gulf) is a gulf in Costa Rica, located at the South of the Province of Puntarenas. The inlet starts on the Pacific Ocean side of Costa Rica and extends slightly northward before turning west. The most westward part is at …

  • Filadelfia de Guanacaste

    Filadelfia is the first district and main city of Carrillo in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. This district has 8,141 inhabitants and 125.01 km². It was declared an archaeological city because of all the indigenous cemeteries found near the Tempisque River.…

  • Zapote District, San José

    Zapote District, the fifth "distrito" of San José Canton, Costa Rica, is one of the administrative units surrounding San José downtown (officially composed by the districts of El Carmen, Merced, Hospital and Catedral). The district is primarily resi…