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Explore Porosal in Costa Rica
Porosal in the region of Guanacaste is a town in Costa Rica - some 79 mi or ( 128 km ) West of San José , the country's capital city .
Current time in Porosal is now 07:54 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " America/Costa Rica " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: San Salvador, Tegucigalpa, Managua, León, and San Pedro. Since you are here already, make sure to check out San Salvador . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Porosal ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Interesting facts about this location
Puente La Amistad de Taiwán
Puente La Amistad de Taiwán spans the Tempisque River, in Guanacaste, northern Costa Rica. Although generally known as a cable-stayed bridge, it is really a hybrid bridge composed of a cable-stayed span and a pillar-supported bridge. The cable-stayed section has two spans of 170 and 90 metres, supported by an 80-metre-high pylon. The total length of the bridge is 780 metres with eight supporting pillars and the pylon. The bridge was completed in .
Located at 10.25 -85.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Riberino Zapandi Wetlands
Riberino Zapandi Wetlands is a nature reserve, part of the Guanacaste Conservation Area and Tempisque Conservation Area in northwestern Costa Rica, which protects low wetlands around the Quebrada Grande and the Ahogados River in the Tempisque River watershed.
Located at 10.16 -85.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Barra Honda National Park
Barra Honda National Park is a national park in the western part of Costa Rica, which forms part of the Tempisque Conservation Area about 12 km (7.46 mi) from the Tempisque River. It was created in 1974 to protect its famous cave systems, under the Barra Honda Peak which was formed when islets from the Miocene Era were raised above the plains of the river.
Located at 10.18 -85.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Chira Island
Chira Island is a 3,000-hectare Costa Rican Pacific island located at the upper end of the Gulf of Nicoya, an extensive inlet of sea water that is the result of a geological fault that has caused the land to submerge, leaving exposed only the tops of what were formerly low hills. These are the various islands that dot the gulf, the largest of which being the Island of Chira - Costa Rica's second largest island.
Located at 10.10 -85.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Cañas (canton)
Cañas is the sixth canton in the province of Guanacaste in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 682.20 km², and has a population of 25,897. Its capital city is also called Cañas. The elongated canton touches the Río Tempisque in the southwest. It keeps the Río Bebedero and Río Tenorio on its western boundary as it widens to encompass agricultural lowlands before climbing into the Cordillera de Guanacaste up to the Tenorio Volcano National Park.
Located at 10.43 -85.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
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