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Guacimo, Costa Rica - Earth University

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                      *About Costa Rica*                                  

 

 

 

                                  

                                           ^Costa Rica national parks^

 

Guácimo is the capital of Limón Province.This town is on the east side of Costa Rice. It has a lot of fruit like, banana  and pineapple. The area is not visited by tourists a lot of times.

 

The canton of Guácimo is subdivided into 5 distritos (districts)

     1.Guácimo

     2.Mercedes

     3.Pocora

     4.Río Jiménez

     5.Ducari

 

* you can click on each disrtricts 

to get information on them !

 

 

About Earth University:

 

 Earth University is located in the Caribbean region of Costa Rica. Universidad EARTH is a university located in Guácimo, Limón, Costa Rica. Specialises in Agriculture and the Environment. Approximately 400-500 students. It attracts a whole range of nationalities including American and British interns who often study at the university for a semester to a year.

 

Photo Gallery of Guacimo:

File:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg

The flag of Guacimo, Costa Rica.

 

 

Map of Cantones of the Province Limón

Map of Costa Rica

 

Some facts...

Canton No. 6:  Guácimo

Capital:  Guácimo CityKm from Guácimo to San José:  152 km

Size:  576.48 km2

Habitants 1999:  27,000

Founded:  1971

 

 

The History...

T

he canton was inhabited by indigenous groups as well as the Spanish. Development came from the banana industry and the railraod between Siquirres and San José. 

 

 

General discription...

The area is drained by the rivers Reventazón-Parismina, Chirripó and Tortuguero. The principal form of employment is farming, especially in bananas, cacao, tubers and livestock.

 

 

Interesting sites...

There is great diversity of flora and fauna by the Cordillera Volcanica Central Forest Reserve.

 

 

 

About the climate in Costa Rica...

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he canton is wet and with average temperatures of 24 to 25 Degrees Celcius. 

 

 

 

 

 

 Links:

 

( 1 ]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Costa_Rica_(state).svg 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guácimo 

 

( 2 ] http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=earth%20university%20of%20costa%20rica&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi 

 

( 3 ]http://www.1-costaricalink.com/costa_rica_provinces/limon_costa_rica/guacimo_costa_rica.htm

 

( 4 ]http://www.govisitcostarica.com/category/entertainment/entertainment.asp

 

( 5 ]http://www.govisitcostarica.com/category/resources/resources.asp

 

  Tyson Labrecque

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