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Costa Rica portal ^ a b "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP" . Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019 .
The preserve's 23,000 hectares is one of the most biodiverse areas on Earth. It contains 450 species of birds, which is about 50% of Costa Rica's total avifaunal diversity, [5] including several well-known threatened species such as the resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) and the bare-necked umbrellabird (Cephalopterus glabricollis).
Los Santos Zone (Spanish: Zona de los Santos) is a mountainous region in the San José Province of Costa Rica, in the center-south of the country. It is also known in Spanish as Valle de los Santos or just Los Santos. It corresponds to a wide sector of a series of intermontane valleys composed by the cantons of Tarrazú, Dota and León Cortés ...
Golfito has an area of 357.32 km 2 [3] and an elevation of 5 metres. [1]From the northern section, which was the old United Fruit Company headquarters, trails go up to the Golfito Mixed Wildlife Refuge on the hill, which is part of the National System of Conservation Areas.
The Centro Costarricense de la Ciencia y la Cultura (Costa Rican Center of Science and Culture) is a science and culture museum complex in Costa Rica.Located in a fortress-like building that once served as the central penitentiary between 1910 and 1979, the center was inaugurated in 1994.
Osa has an area of 1,930.24 km 2 [4] and a mean elevation of 24 metres. [2]The canton begins at the Barú River near Dominical on the central Pacific coast. It continues as a narrow strip of land southward to include the area around Palmar and Sierpe, finally widening to take in the entire neck and upper portion of the Osa Peninsula, where significant gold mining operations are located.
The Asociación de Guías y Scouts de Costa Rica is the national Scouting and Guiding association of Costa Rica. Scouting was founded in Costa Rica in 1915 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1935. [1] Guiding started in 1922 and became a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1946. [2]
León Cortés Castro was created on 12 June 1962 by decree 11. [3]The Supreme Elections Tribunal of Costa Rica in a resolution of March 29, 1962, proclaimed the results of a plebiscite in the previous month that created the canton.