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Santa Rosa National Park

National Park

Santa Rosa National Park, created by decree in 1966 in Guanacaste Province in northwestern Costa Rica, was originally established to protect the site of the 1856 Battle of Santa Rosa. The IUCN category II park, part of the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste World Heritage Site, covers about 390 square kilometers of land and a further 426 square kilometers of marine area near the town of La Cruz, encompassing ten distinct habitats from savanna and deciduous forest to marshland and mangrove. It supports roughly 250 bird species and 115 mammal species and includes two Ramsar listed wetlands, Laguna Respringue and the Manglar de Potrero Grande.

Facts
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
International Designation
Ramsar Site (Wetland of International Importance) 1
International Designation
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
Designation Category
National Park 2
Established Year
1972 2
Area (sq km)
495 1
Governing Body
National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) 1
IUCN Category
II 2
Governing Body
Governing Body (category)
National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) 1
Sources
1. Santa Rosa National Park (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead
    The park covers an area of approximately 495 square kilometres (191 sq mi)
  • Lead: area
    The park covers an area of approximately 495 square kilometres (191 sq mi)
  • Wikipedia lead extract, realm terrestrial
    Santa Rosa National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Santa Rosa), is a national park, in Guanacaste Province, northwestern Costa Rica, it was created in 1966 by decree 3694.
  • Infobox: governing_body
    National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)
  • entity-description, international-designation unesco-world-heritage-site
    The IUCN category II park, part of the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste World Heritage Site, covers about 390 square kilometers of land and a further 426 square kilometers of marine area near the town of La Cruz, encompassing ten distinct habitats from savanna and deciduous forest to marshland and mangrove.
  • entity-description, international-designation ramsar-site
    It supports roughly 250 bird species and 115 mammal species and includes two Ramsar listed wetlands, Laguna Respringue and the Manglar de Potrero Grande.
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2. Santa Rosa National Park (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata P31 (instance of) = Q46169
  • Wikidata item Q1154052
    P31 protected-area class match, verified by search+class allow-list
  • Part Of: Costa Rica, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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Wikidata: Santa Rosa National Park
Wikidata Q1154052, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikidata: Costa Rica
On Continent: North America, Wikidata item for Costa Rica, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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