Area de Conservación Guanacaste
Also known as Area de Conservacion Guanacaste World Heritage Site, Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (ix), (x).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Costa Rica
Inscribed
1999
Area
147,000 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Area de Conservación Guanacaste is about 130 km south of Granada. The nearest other World Heritage site is Ruins of León Viejo, about 200 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Liberia · about 45,000 peopleabout 30 km south-east
- Rivas · about 32,000 peopleabout 70 km north
- Cañas · about 20,000 peopleabout 75 km south-east
- Granada · about 105,000 peopleabout 130 km north
- Jinotepe · about 30,000 peopleabout 130 km north-west
- Puntarenas · about 57,000 peopleabout 130 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
NicaraguaCultural204 km away
Costa RicaCultural314 km away
Costa Rica, PanamaNatural334 km away
El SalvadorCultural524 km away
HondurasNatural536 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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