Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site

Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site

Infobox World Heritage Site
WHS = Area de Conservación Guanacaste


State Party = CRC
Type = Natural
Criteria = ix, x
ID = 928
Region = Latin America and the Caribbean
Year = 1999
Session = 23rd
Extension = 2004
Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/928

Infobox_protected_area | name = Area de Conservación Guanacaste
iucn_category = II


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location = Costa Rica
nearest_city =
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area = 1470 km²
established = 1989
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governing_body = National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)

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 (SINAC) in 1994, and then a World Heritage site in 1999.

The area of the parks combined totals 1470 square kilometers as of 2004.

External links

*United Nations Environment Programme details of this World Heritage site [http://www.unep-wcmc.org/index.html?http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/guanacas.html~main]


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