Nicoya is a canton in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. The head city is in Nicoya district. When conquistador Gil Gonzalez Dávila entered Nicoya...
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Nicoya is a district and head city of the Nicoya canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica, located on the Nicoya Peninsula. It is one of the country's...
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The Partido de Nicoya was a major part of what is now the Guanacaste province in Costa Rica. Originally the territory was bounded on the northeast by...
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Nicoya may refer to: Places Nicoya, a district in Nicoya canton in Costa Rica Nicoya, a canton in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica Partido de Nicoya, an...
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The Partido de Nicoya (Nicoya's Party) served as an administrative unit for the Federal Republic of Central America. The Partido de Nicoya comprised much...
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metres. The canton includes areas on both sides of the Gulf of Nicoya. The southern portion of the Nicoya Peninsula is also in the canton, including the...
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Nosara (redirect from Nosara de Nicoya)
district of the Nicoya canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. Nosara was created on 26 January 1988 by Acuerdo 40. Despite the Nicoya peninsula being...
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annexation of the Partido de Nicoya to Costa Rica is a historical event that refers to the incorporation of the territory of Nicoya (most of what is today's...
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Sámara is a district of the Nicoya canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. Sámara was established on 26 November 1971 by Decreto Ejecutivo 2075-G...
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canton. Nandayure has an area of 565.59 km² and a mean elevation of 215 metres. The canton encompasses a piece of the coastline of the Gulf of Nicoya...
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canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. During the colonial period the entire Nicoya Peninsula was administratively part of the Partido de Nicoya...
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canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. During the colonial period the entire Nicoya Peninsula was administratively part of the Partido de Nicoya...
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2012 Costa Rica earthquake (redirect from 2012 Nicoya earthquake)
epicenter of the 7.6 Mw earthquake was in the Nicoya Peninsula, 11 kilometers east-southeast of Nicoya. A tsunami warning was issued shortly afterwards...
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furthermost western point on the Nicoya Peninsula. The Tempisque River delineates a small portion of the eastern border. The canton of Santa Cruz is subdivided...
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Belén de Nosarita is a district of the Nicoya canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. Belén de Nosarita was created on 17 June 1994 by Ley 7415...
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swampy wetlands into the Golfo de Nicoya. The Rio Tempisque defines one side of the horsehead-shaped Península de Nicoya enclosing the gulf to the west...
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San Antonio is a district of the Nicoya canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. San Antonio has an area of 334.01 km2 and an elevation of 68...
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Chira Island (redirect from Isla de Chira)
Pacific island located at the upper end of the Gulf of Nicoya, belonging to the Puntarenas canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. Chira district...
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php/localidades/canton_de_carrillo.html "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística...
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10195 - Creación del Cantón de Puerto Jiménez, Cantón Décimo Tercero de la Provincia de Puntarenas" [Law № 10195 - Creation of the Canton of Puerto Jiménez...
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of the canton lies along the coast of the Gulf of Nicoya between the mouths of Río Barranca and the Río Jesús María. An extension of the canton reaches...
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Costa Rica (redirect from República de Costa Rica)
Fronteras etnicas en la conquista de Nicaragua y Nicoya: entre la solidaridad y el conflicto 800 d.C.-1544. Universidad de Costa Rica. ISBN 9789977676852...
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houses in the canton. Hojancha has an area of 261.42 km² and a mean elevation of 389 metres. The canton is in the midsection of the Nicoya Peninsula. It...
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provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020. Travel guide to the Nicoya Peninsula...
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675.76 km2 and a mean elevation of 154 metres. The canton begins on the coastline of the Gulf of Nicoya north of the mouth of the Abangares River. It widens...
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the portion of the Nicoya Peninsula that is located in the Province of Puntarenas. Within that province it is located in the cantón of the same name in...
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canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. During the colonial period the entire Nicoya Peninsula was administratively part of the Partido de Nicoya...
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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. The town of Tamarindo is the...
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San Ramón, Costa Rica (redirect from San Ramón de Alajuela)
sea level in the Cordillera de Tilarán. San Ramon is located 55 kilometers northeast of Puntarenas on the Gulf of Nicoya, 44 kilometers northwest of the...
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Puntarenas and the Nicoya Peninsula. The first European to discover Puntarenas was Gil González Dávila in 1522. Despite the use of the Gulf of Nicoya as an entryway...
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