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15 unusual facts about Guanacaste Province


2012 Costa Rica earthquake

There were reports of destroyed houses in the cantons of Hojancha, Nicoya, Nandayure, and Santa Cruz of the province of Guanacaste.

Acromyrmex echinatior

In Costa Rica this species prefers open dry habitats such as urban areas around San Jose and seasonally dry habitats of Guanacaste Province.

Bagaces District

Bagaces District is a district in Bagaces Canton, in the Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica.

Big-game fishing

Costa Rica's pacific coast, especially the coast of the Guanacaste Province, is famous for its fishing because of the ocean currents and the government catch and release laws.

Guanacaste Province

The province is named for the guanacaste tree, also known as the ear pod tree, which is the national tree of Costa Rica.

The combination of beaches like Playas del Coco, Playa Tamarindo, and the sunny dry season that coincides with the winter months in northern latitudes have made tourism a key economic activity.

Jack Tar Hotels

Allegro also acquired management contracts for two resorts in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, and a marketing and franchise agreement for a St. Kitts resort.

Jatropha costaricensis

At that time there was only one population known, located near Playas del Coco in Guanacaste Province.

Postage stamps and postal history of Costa Rica

Costa Rican stamps were issued overprinted "Guanacaste" in 1885-89 following war with Nicaragua over the sovereignty of Guanacaste.

Pre-Columbian history of Costa Rica

The oldest of these agricultural village communities (2000–500 BC) has been found in the province of Guanacaste.

Tradesman work areas, campfire pits and other fragmentary evidence of life in these groups have been found in the Turrialba valley and in various spots around Guanacaste.

Several archeological sites in Guanacaste Province are linked to this period, particularly tombs covered in tons of stone.

Quercus oleoides

It grows in dry forests and pastureland of lowest North America and of Central America, from Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica to Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Roupala

Central America supports three species in addition to the widespread R. montana: R. glaberrima which is found throughout Central America, R. loranthoides which is endemic to Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica, and R. percoriacea, a Panamanian endemic.

Vachellia collinsii

The ant-Vachellia system involving this species has been studied by ecologists like Daniel Janzen in Palo Verde National Park and Santa Rosa National Park, both in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.


Carpenter's Anole

It is found in Amistad Caribe, Huetar Norte, Cordillera Volcanica Central, Guanacaste, Tortuguero; outside Costa Rica it is found from northwestern Colombia to Costa Rica.