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San Lucas Island National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Isla San Lucas) is an island located off the Pacific shore of Costa Rica in the Gulf of Nicoya. It is part of the Puntarenas district [1] in the canton and province of the same name. Formerly housing a brutal prison, now abandoned, the island was designated as a National Park in August ...
The OLX marketplace is a platform for buying and selling services and goods such as electronics, fashion items, furniture, household goods, cars and bikes. In 2014, the platform reportedly had 11 billion page views, 200 million monthly active users, 25 million listings, and 8.5 million transactions per month.
The Cerro Chato, also known as the Chato Volcano is a dormant volcano that first erupted 38,000 years ago and last erupted 3,500 years ago. One of its eruptions paved the way for the nearby La Fortuna Waterfall. Cerro Chato has two peaks, Chatito (little Chato) and Espina (Thorn), as well as a 1,640-ft (500-m) crater filled with green water.
Grecia, Costa Rica. Grecia is a district of the Grecia canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica. [1][2] Grecia has an area of 7.51 km 2 (2.90 sq mi) [3] and an elevation of 999 m (3,278 ft). [1] It is in the foothills of the Cordillera Central on the eastern edge of the Central Valley.
Costa Rica (UK: / ˌkɒstəˈriːkə /, US: / ˌkoʊstə -/ ⓘ; Spanish: [ˈkosta ˈrika]; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, [ 10 ] is a country in the Central American region of North America. Costa Rica is bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the ...
The oldest evidence of human occupation in Costa Rica is associated with the arrival of groups of hunter-gatherers about 10,000 to 19,000 years BC, with ancient archaeological evidence (stone tool making) located in the Turrialba Valley, at sites called Guardiria and Florence, with matching quarry and workshop areas with presence of type clovis spearheads and South American inspired arrows.
National Road Network of Costa Rica. ← Route 39. → Route 2. National Primary Route 1, formally known as Carretera Interamericana Norte (North Interamerican Road), is the northern segment of the Pan-American Highway (locally in Central America known as the Inter-American Highway) that traverses Costa Rica.
2 August. Next time. 2 August 2025. (2025-08-02) Frequency. annual. The Virgen de los Ángeles (Virgin of the Angels) is Costa Rica 's patron saint, also known as La Negrita. Dia de la Virgen de los Ángeles (English: Day of the Virgin of the Angels) is a Costa Rican holiday celebrating the Virgen. [1]