Nicoya

Nicoya is the main town of the , in . It has limited appeal for tourists but is a commercial center with more transportation connections than the small rural and beach towns of the region.
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  • Type: City with 29,000 residents
  • Description: district in Nicoya canton, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica
  • Also known as: Nicoya de Nicoya
  • Postal code: 50201

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nicoya Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport serving the city of Nicoya in the of . The airport is owned and managed by the country's Directorate General of Civil Aviation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barra Honda National Park.

is in the northern in province, . The park protects a densely forested mountain but is most famous for its extensive underground world of limestone caverns, formed by water erosion over millions of years.

Nicoya

Latitude
10.14922° or 10° 8′ 57″ north
Longitude
-85.45312° or 85° 27′ 11″ west
Population
29,000
Elevation
128 metres (420 feet)
IATA airport code
NCT
United Nations Location Code
CR NCT
Open location code
762P4GXW+MQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 790503307
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3622716
Wiki­data ID
Q2486629
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Nicoya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نيكوجا
  • Armenian: Նիկոյա
  • Asturian: distritu de Nicoya
  • Asturian: Nicoya
  • Catalan: Nicoya, Costa Rica
  • Catalan: Nicoya
  • Cebuano: Nicoya
  • Chinese: 尼科亚
  • Chinese: 尼科亞
  • Dutch: Nicoya
  • French: Nicoya
  • German: Nicoya
  • Greek: Νικόγια
  • Italian: Nicoya
  • Japanese: ニコヤ
  • Kotava: Nicoya
  • Lithuanian: Nikoja
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nicoya
  • Norwegian: Nicoya
  • Polish: Nicoya (Kostaryka)
  • Polish: Nicoya
  • Romanian: Nicoya
  • Russian: Никоя
  • Slovenian: Nicoya
  • Spanish: Nicoya de Nicoya
  • Spanish: Nicoya
  • Swedish: Nicoya
  • Ukrainian: Нікоя
  • Volapük: Nicoya
  • Waray (Philippines): Nicoya

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días and Hospital de La Anexión.

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