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Sapoa Destination Guide

Discover Sapoa in Costa Rica

Sapoa in the region of Guanacaste is a town located in Costa Rica - some 130 mi or ( 209 km ) North-West of San José , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Sapoa

Local time in Sapoa is now 03:08 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " America/Costa Rica " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: San Salvador, Santa Tecla, Tegucigalpa, Rivas, and Masaya. When in this area, you might want to check out San Salvador . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Sapoa ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Guanacaste

0:24 min by andcaldlopez
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La Cruz, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. ..

Andrew Zutell Costa Rica 2009

6:13 min by azutell
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My first 2 weeks in Costa Rica. Some of the photos are from Nicaragua. ..


Jo e il Canopy.mp4

0:58 min by nicoruoss
Views: 44 Rating: 0.00

Io Tarzan....tu Jane? :-) ..

White Faced Monkey Eats Banana

0:38 min by Nohagcm
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On a recent trip to Costa Rica, my friend and i encounted some white faced monkeys that came right out on our boat and shared a meal with us ..


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Interesting facts about this location

La Cruz (canton)

La Cruz is the tenth canton in the province of Guanacaste in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 1,383.90 km², and has a population of 18,004. Its capital city is also called La Cruz. The canton is the northernmost in the country. It encompasses the Pacific coastline from the border with Nicaragua as far south as Bahía Nancite, including the Península de Santa Elena.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 11.07 -85.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Cantons of Costa Rica, Guanacaste Province

Cárdenas, Rivas

Cárdenas is a municipality in the Rivas department of Nicaragua. In 2002, the municipality of Cardenas had threatened the government in Managua with sucsesion and becoming part of Costa Rica. Costa Rica claimed that it would respect Nicaraguan territory and had no intention of annexing the municipality.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 11.20 -85.52 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Rivas Department, Populated places in Nicaragua

Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site

The Area de Conservación Guanacaste, is a World Heritage Site in the northwestern part of Costa Rica, which comprises Santa Rosa, Guanacaste, Rincón de la Vieja National Parks and the Junquillal Bay Wildlife Refuge. It formally became part of National System of Conservation Areas in 1994, and then a World Heritage site in 1999. The area of the parks combined totals 1470 square kilometers as of 2004.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 10.85 -85.62 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Protected areas of Costa Rica, World Heritage Sites in Costa Rica

Guanacaste Conservation Area

Guanacaste Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the northwestern part of Costa Rica. It contains three National Parks, as well as wildlife refuges and other nature reserves. The area contains the Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site, which comprises the first four areas in the below list.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 10.85 -85.62 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Conservation Areas of Costa Rica