Punta Islita is a resort town in the Nandayure Canton,

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. The Punta Islita Airport is located in the nearby town of Corozalito. The village has houses and murals with Naive paintings and mosaics. The town is framed by cliffs, creating a halfmoon bay. It is named after the small area of land that becomes an island at high tide. In December 2017, ten American tourists and two pilots were killed in a plane crash in Punta Islita.

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Populated places in Guanacaste Province {{Guanacaste-geo-stub