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La Union Destination Guide

Explore La Union in Costa Rica

La Union in the region of Puntarenas is a town in Costa Rica - some 111 mi or ( 179 km ) South-East of San José , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of La Union

Current time in La Union is now 03:38 PM (Friday) . 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: Managua, León, Tigre, San Vito, and San Pedro. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Managua . 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 La Union ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Vicious Dog Attack In Jaco Beach

0:39 min by Tomas Colon
Views: 121023 Rating: 1.80

Watch as this latina is only able to control this vicious dog by commanding it in English! ..

Conociendo RIO SERENO - RIO SERENO on the Spot (Chiriquí, Panamá)

2:01 min by ChiriquiOrg
Views: 2621 Rating: 5.00

Un paseo por el poblado de Río Sereno, en las Tierras Altas de Chiriquí, en la frontera Panamá - Costa Rica. A fast view of the town of Río Sereno, in the Highlands of Chiriqui, at the border Panama - ..


Finca Project Promotional Video 2007

9:18 min by txeliot
Views: 2106 Rating: 5.00

Finca Project is a US-based, non-profit organization dedicated to restoring Costa Rica's rainforest in a way that people and nature can live in a sustainable balance. www.fincaproject.org ..

How Coffee Is Produced

0:59 min by TraumaER
Views: 1734 Rating: 1.00

This is how world famous Costa Rica coffee is produced from the source of coffee plantations in Costa Rica. This same coffee you see going down in the water is the same coffee that Starbucks and other ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Sabalito

Sabalito is a small town of fewer than a hundred houses in the county of Tilarán, province of Guanacaste of Costa Rica. The local population is mostly employed in the local ranches and farms or in other manual labor. The town has two small stores. Due to its vicinity to Lake Arenal, only 2 miles away, and the high average wind speeds in the winter months, Sabalito attracts an influx of windsurfers that time of the year.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 8.82 -82.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Populated places in Costa Rica

Santa Clara, Chiriqui, Panama

Santa Clara, Chiriqui, Panama is a small town in the province of Chiriqui, district of Renacimiento. The population is approximately 700, not including a transient population of Ngöbe and other indigenous people who labor in the fields. It is located approximately 12 miles northwest of Volcan, the location of Volcano Baru. Rio Sereno, the governmental seat of the area known as Renacimiento and the Costa Rican border are about 6 kilometers to the west.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 8.83 -82.76 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Populated places in Chiriquí Province

Barriles

Barriles (known also as Sitio Barriles or by the designation BU-24), is one of the most famous archaeological sites in Panama. It is located in the highlands of the Chiriquí Province of Western Panama at 1200 meters above sea level. It is several kilometers west of the modern town of Volcán. This places the site in the Gran Chiriquí culture area (encompassing Western Panama and much of Southern Costa Rica, parts of the even broader Intermediate Area or Isthmo-Colombian Area).

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 8.80 -82.70 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Panama, Former populated places in Panama, History of Panama, Pre-Columbian archaeological sites