Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site

Official name

Area de Conservación Guanacaste | UNESCO

Country

Costa Rica | Map

Continent

North America

Location

Guanacaste and Alajuela provinces
10.8500° Lat, -85.6166° Lon | Map

Code

928

Time Zone

America/Costa_Rica (CST, -0600)

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Category

Natural

Description

Inscribed 1999. The Area de Conservación Guanacaste (inscribed in 1999), was extended with the addition of a 15,000 ha private property, St Elena. It contains important natural habitats for the conservation of biological diversity, including the best dry forest habitats from Central America to northern Mexico and key habitats for endangered or rare plant and animal species. The site demonstrates significant ecological processes in both its terrestrial and marine-coastal environments.