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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...
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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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  • 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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  • include Okinawa Prefecture, Japan; Nuoro Province, Sardinia, Italy; the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica; and Icaria, Greece. The name "blue zones" derived simply...
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  • Cuba Vigie Peninsula, St Lucia Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica Wegener Peninsula Hayes Halvo Ingnerit Nuussuaq Peninsula Sigguup Nunaa...
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    the city of Nicoya, located on the peninsula of the same name, which depends on several provinces located on both banks of the Gulf of Nicoya, as well as...
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    The Gulf of Nicoya (Spanish: Golfo de Nicoya) is an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. It separates the Nicoya Peninsula from the mainland of Costa Rica, and...
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  • Nicoya Peninsula Protected Zone (Spanish: Zona Protectora Península de Nicoya), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Tempisque Conservation...
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    cattle farms in the northern part of the Nicoya Peninsula at crossroads that connected the towns of Bagaces, Nicoya and Rivas. The place was baptized after...
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    terrestrial and 4,420 acres (17.9 km2) marine on the southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula near Montezuma-Cabuya and Mal Pais. The site is home to the San Miguel...
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    tourists on a budget. Montezuma is located near the southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula, 41 km (25 mi) southwest of Paquera and 8 km (5 mi) south of the town...
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    Nosara (redirect from Nosara de Nicoya)
    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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    in isolated regions on the Pacific Coast; the Nicoya Peninsula the Carara National Park and Peninsula de Osa. The scarlet macaw has escaped or been deliberately...
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    South American native cultures met. The northwest of the country, the Nicoya peninsula, was the southernmost point of Nahuatl cultural influence when the...
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  • of the capital city of San José. Like other coastal villages on the Nicoya Peninsula such as neighboring Mal Pais, Santa Teresa started as a remote fishing...
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    Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica, located on the Nicoya Peninsula. The town of Tamarindo is the largest developed beach town in Guanacaste...
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  • Geological features Nicoya Peninsula Nicoya Gulf Culture Nicoya culture - Pre-Columbian culture of Costa Rica and Nicaragua Organisms Nicoya (crab), a genus...
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    South American native cultures met. The northwest of the country, the Nicoya peninsula, was the southernmost point of Nahuatl cultural influence when the...
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  • Koh-Lanta: Nicoya was the second season of the French version of Survivor, Koh-Lanta. This season took place in Costa Rica on the island of Nicoya, and was...
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    Puntarenas and the Nicoya Peninsula. Puntarenas was discovered by Gil González Dávila in 1522. Despite the use of the Gulf of Nicoya as an entryway to...
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    Spanish conquest of Nicaragua in 1522. The Nicoya kingdom was an elective monarchy that thrived in the Nicoya peninsula in Costa Rica. It existed from 800 CE...
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    loaded on ships. The Tempisque River Bridge was built linking the Nicoya Peninsula to southern Guanacaste and hence significantly cut travel time to San...
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  • the region of Honduras' Bay of Fonseca; and Orotiña in Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula. The Oto-Manguean languages are spoken mainly in Mexico and it is thought...
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  • Gilles Nicolet Guénaëlle Biras 4-3 2 Koh-Lanta: Nicoya June 28, 2002 September 13, 2002 Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica 40 Amel Fatnassi Nicolas Roy 5-2 3...
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    Nicoya Peninsula, was the southernmost point of Mesoamerican cultural influence when the Spanish conquerors came in the sixteenth century. The Nicoya...
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  • Rica. During the colonial period the entire Nicoya Peninsula was administratively part of the Partido de Nicoya (nowadays Guanacaste), it was at the beginning...
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  • canton of Nandayure, Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica. Located on the Nicoya Peninsula, it is situated at the Pacific Ocean at Ruta 160. Playa Coyote is divided...
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  • Rica. During the colonial period the entire Nicoya Peninsula was administratively part of the Partido de Nicoya (nowadays Guanacaste), it was at the beginning...
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    Province of Nicaragua, which included today's Nicaragua as well as the Nicoya Peninsula, Castilla de Oro's jurisdiction was reduced. In 1537, once the conflict...
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  • expanse that extends from Chiapas and the Yucatán Peninsula in present-day Mexico to the Nicoya Peninsula as well as its eponymous gulf There is no strict...
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