Las Baulas de Guanacaste Marine National Park protects Tamarindo Bay in Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica near the town of Tamarindo, and is also a Ramsar wetland site. Established on 9 July 1991 and designated a Ramsar site on 9 June 1993, it holds the largest nesting colony of leatherback sea turtles on the Pacific coast of the Americas, with females coming ashore at Playa Grande to nest between October and May. The park covers about 7.7 square kilometers of land and roughly 167.3 square kilometers of marine area, more than half of it underwater, and its white sand beaches and forests support around 174 recorded bird species alongside regulated recreational use such as surfing.
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Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 International DesignationRamsar Site (Wetland of International Importance) 1 Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing BodyNational System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) 1 Governing Body
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1. Las Baulas Marine National Park (Wikipedia)
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Las Baulas de Guanacaste Marine National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas de Guanacaste) is a National Park of Costa Rica and a Ramsar Site.
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National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)
entity-description, international-designation ramsar-site
Las Baulas de Guanacaste Marine National Park protects Tamarindo Bay in Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica near the town of Tamarindo, and is also a Ramsar wetland site.
Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Las Baulas National Marine Park
- Wikidata Q4315024, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
- Wikidata P31 (instance of) = Q46169
- Wikidata Q4315024 P571 inception
- Part Of: Costa Rica, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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