Diria National Park lies in Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica, south of Santa Cruz, within the Tempisque Conservation Area. It was first protected as a zone by presidential decree in 1991, became a national wildlife refuge two years later under the name Diria National Forest Wildlife Refuge, and was finally declared a national park in 2004. Its tropical and cloud forests, covering about 5,549 hectares by the official park boundary map, shelter deer, howler monkeys, anteaters, and peccaries alongside more than 140 recorded bird species and at least 382 plant species.
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Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing BodyNational System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) 1 Classification
Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 Governing Body
Governing Body (category)National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) 1 Sources
1. Diriá National Park (Wikipedia)
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is a national park south of Santa Cruz in the Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica, and is part of the
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1991
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Diriá National Park, until 2004 Diriá National Forest Wildlife Refuge, is a national park south of Santa Cruz in the Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica, and is part of the Tempisque Conservation Area.
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National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)
Part Of: Costa Rica, Lead paragraph
Refuge, is a national park south of Santa Cruz in the Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica,
On Continent: North America, Lead paragraph names Costa Rica; continent follows from the atlas record for Costa Rica
Refuge, is a national park south of Santa Cruz in the Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica
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