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Unión, Guanacaste
Unión is a village in the Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. It is located on the east shore of Lake Arenal. Nearby, to the north of the village are the Arenal Botanical Gardens Arenal Botanical Gardens are on the eastern shore of Lake Arenal in northwest Costa Rica, 2 kilometers north of the village of Unión, Guanacaste. Opened in 1991, the facility hosts hundreds of tropical plants and flowers as well as a hummingbird .... References Lake Arenal Populated places in Guanacaste Province {{Guanacaste-geo-stub ...
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Provinces Of Costa Rica
According to Article 168 of the Constitution of Costa Rica, the political divisions are officially classified into three tiers of sub-national entities. Overview The Constitution of Costa Rica states, ''"For Public Administration purposes, the national territory is divided into provinces, these into cantons and cantons into districts."'' The country consists of seven provinces (''provincias''), 84 Cantons of Costa Rica, cantons (''cantones''), and 489 Districts of Costa Rica, districts (''distritos''). List of provinces See also *ISO 3166-2:CR *Cantons of Costa Rica *Districts of Costa Rica *List of Costa Rican provinces by Human Development Index References External links

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Guanacaste Province
Guanacaste () is a Provinces of Costa Rica, province of Costa Rica located in the northwestern region of the country, along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Alajuela Province to the east, and Puntarenas Province to the southeast. It is the most sparsely populated of all the provinces of Costa Rica. The province covers an area of and as of 2010, had a population of 354,154, with annual revenue of $2 billion. Guanacaste's capital is Liberia, Costa Rica, Liberia. Other important cities include Cañas District, Cañas and Nicoya. Etymology The province is named for the Enterolobium cyclocarpum, guanacaste tree, also known as the ear pod tree, which is the national tree of Costa Rica. History Before the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish arrived, this territory was inhabited by Chorotega people, Chorotega Indians from the towns of Zapati, Nacaome, Paro, Cangel, Nicopasaya, Pocosí, Diriá, Papagayo, Namiapí and Orosí. The Corobi ...
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Cantons Of Costa Rica
Costa Rica is administratively divided into provinces of Costa Rica, seven provinces which are subdivided into 84 canton (administrative division), cantons, and these are further subdivided into districts of Costa Rica, districts. Cantons are the only administrative division in Costa Rica that possess local government in the form of Municipality, municipalities. Each municipality has its own mayor and several representatives, all of them chosen via municipal elections every four years. The original 14 cantons were established in 1848, and the number has risen gradually by the division of existing cantons. Law no. 4366 of 19 August 1969, which outlines the creation of administrative divisions of Costa Rica, states that new cantons may only be created if they have at least one percent of the republic's total population, which was as of the latest estimate (2022). The newest canton, Puerto Jiménez, was created on June 21, 2022, from the Golfito (canton), canton of Golfito. Accor ...
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Village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church.-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... ''village'', from Latin ''villāticus'', ultimately from Latin ''villa'' (English ''vi ...
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime boundary, maritime border with Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around five million in a land area of nearly . An estimated people live in the capital and largest city, San José, Costa Rica, San José, with around two million people in the surrounding metropolitan area. The sovereign state is a Presidential system, presidential republic. It has a long-standing and stable Constitution of Costa Rica, constitutional democracy and a highly educated workforce. The country spends roughly 6.9% of its budget (2016) on education, compared to a global average of 4.4%. Its economy, once heavily dependent on agriculture, has diversified to include sectors such as finance, corporate services for foreign companies, pharmaceut ...
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Lake Arenal
Lake Arenal () is a lake in the northern highlands of Costa Rica. It is the largest lake in Costa Rica at . Its depth varies between seasonally. History Hacienda La Rosita, which was owned and operated by P. Eckrich & Sons, a subsidiary of the U.S. corporation Beatrice Foods Beatrice Foods Company was a major American food conglomerate founded in 1894. One of the best-known food processing companies in the U.S., Beatrice owned many well-known brands such as Tropicana, Krispy Kreme, Jolly Rancher, Orville Reden .... Hydroelectricity Wildlife Recreation From November through April the strong, dependable winds attract windsurfers and kite surfers to its western end. Many consider Lake Arenal one of the world's foremost windsurfing and kite surfing areas. Wakeboarding is gaining popularity in Costa Rica, with Lake Arenal being the center of this activity. Stand up paddling and kayaking are also popular activities for tourists visiting the lake's eastern part ...
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Arenal Botanical Gardens
Arenal Botanical Gardens are on the eastern shore of Lake Arenal in northwest Costa Rica, 2 kilometers north of the village of Unión, Guanacaste. Opened in 1991, the facility hosts hundreds of tropical plants and flowers as well as a hummingbird Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the Family (biology), biological family Trochilidae. With approximately 366 species and 113 genus, genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but most species are found in Cen ... sanctuary and butterfly garden. In recent years, the gardens have fallen into disrepair; they are now in poor condition. References Botanical gardens in Costa Rica Protected areas established in 1991 Lake Arenal Geography of Guanacaste Province Tourist attractions in Guanacaste Province 1991 establishments in Costa Rica {{garden-stub ...
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Dorling Kindersley
Dorling Kindersley Limited (branded as DK) is a British multinational publishing company specialising in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 63 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a subsidiary of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides, DK Eyewitness Travel), history, geography, science, space, nature, sports, gardening, cookery, parenting and many others. The worldwide CEO of DK is Paul Kelly. DK has offices in New York, Melbourne, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto, Madrid, Beijing, and Jiangmen. DK works with licensing partners such as The Walt Disney Company, Disney, Lego, LEGO, DC Comics, the Royal Horticultural Society, MasterChef, and the Smithsonian Institution. DK has commissioned authors such as Mary Berry, Monty Don, Robert Winston, Huw Richards, and Steve Mould for a range of books. History DK was founded in 1974 by Chri ...
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