Tejona is a

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 v ...

in the

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 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 bo ...

. It is located on

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 t ...

and has a hydroelectric power station. Hotel Tilawa and skateboarding park as well as the Tilawa Viento Surf Center and

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 ...

are located nearby. Some 100 wind turbines, standing at 120 ft (35m) are located southwest of the village on the hills and supply electricity to the national grid. The wind farm is the largest in Central America with an annual production of up to 70MW. Electricity is sold to the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad. It is connected by the 142 road up the hills to the canton seat of Tilarán. Tejona wind farm2

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