Guaitil is a village in

Diriá District Diriá is a district of the Santa Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of 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 northe ...

, Santa Cruz Canton,

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 Pro ...

, Costa Rica. It lies along the old route between Santa Cruz and

Nicoya Nicoya is a Districts of Costa Rica, district and head city of the Nicoya (canton), Nicoya canton, in the Guanacaste Province, Guanacaste province of Costa Rica, located on the Nicoya Peninsula. It is one of the country's most important tourism, ...

.Salguero, Miguel (2007) ''Caminos y veredas de Costa Rica: Pueblos y geografías'' EUNED, Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia, San José, Costa Rica
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The town is famous for its pottery in the

pre-Columbian In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, or as the pre-Cabraline era specifically in Brazil, spans from the initial peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to the onset of European col ...

Chorotega style.Firestone, Matthew D.; Miranda, Carolina A. and Soriano, César G. (2010) ''Costa Rica'' (9th edition) Lonely Planet, Footscray, Victoria, Australia, page 276, Potters using local clays and the same tools and techniques of their indigenous ancestors produce ceramics for local use and the tourist trade in reds, creams and blacks.

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External links

"Guaitil Map – Satellite Images of Guaitil"
Maplandia * Discovery Travel World, photographs for Guaitil pottery Populated places in Guanacaste Province {{Guanacaste-geo-stub