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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holidays of Costa Rica. Of the eleven days, nine are paid holidays and two are not. 2020 July 27 - Annexation of the Party of Nicoya to Costa Rica August 17...
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the leadership of the villages of Nicoya and Santa Cruz, the Partido de Nicoya voted to annex themselves to Costa Rica on 25 July 1824. The inhabitants...
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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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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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conquest of Costa Rica lasted more than half a century after it started 1510. The genocidal enslavement of the indigenous societies of Nicoya on the Pacific...
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The economy of Costa Rica has been very stable for some years now, with continuing growth in the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and moderate inflation, though...
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A.D. Guanacasteca (category Football clubs in Costa Rica)
Asociación Deportiva Guanacasteca is a Costa Rican football team based in Nicoya, Guanacaste. They currently play in the Costa Rican First Division. Their home...
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earthquakes in the history of Costa Rica include the following: Costa Rica portal Geology of Costa Rica "Sismo en Costa Rica deja tres muertos por infarto"...
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lived in Costa Rica for what stretches back to at least 10,000 years before the arrival of the Spaniards. The northwest of the country, the Nicoya Peninsula...
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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...
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Guanacaste Province (redirect from Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica)
Cañas and Nicoya. The province is named for the guanacaste tree, also known as the ear pod tree, which is the national tree of Costa Rica. Before the...
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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 the...
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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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district of the Santa Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica, located on the Nicoya Peninsula. The town of Tamarindo is the largest developed...
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Costa Rica (UK: /ˌkɒstə ˈriːkə/, US: /ˌkoʊstə-/ ; Spanish: [ˈkosta ˈrika]; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country...
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This is a list of airports in Costa Rica, sorted by location. Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America, bordered...
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9 million. Costa Rica was the point where the Mesoamerican and South American native cultures met. The northwest of the country, the Nicoya peninsula,...
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Nosara (redirect from Nosara, Costa Rica)
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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and Costa Rica the particular focus of the recently initiated project is on the sites position within the transcultural networks of the Greater Nicoya region...
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Costa Rica. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Costa Rica. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Costa...
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Puntarenas (redirect from Puntarena, Costa Rica)
the Nicoya Peninsula. Puntarenas was discovered by Gil González Dávila in 1522. Despite the use of the Gulf of Nicoya as an entryway to Costa Rica's inland...
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The 2012 Costa Rica earthquake occurred at 08:42 local time (14:42 UTC) on September 5. The epicenter of the 7.6 Mw earthquake was in the Nicoya Peninsula...
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Costa Rica is administratively divided into seven provinces which are subdivided into 84 cantons, and these are further subdivided into districts. Cantons...
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The country of Costa Rica has many kinds of music. Though its music has achieved little international credit, Costa Rican popular music genres include...
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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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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 encompasses...
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Costa Rica Costa Rican culture has been heavily influenced by Spanish culture ever since the Spanish colonization of the Americas including the territory...
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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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Sámara (redirect from Samara costa rica)
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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