Nicoya Peninsula
Nicoya Peninsula is a region in Costa Rica. It has spectacular coastlines and jungle landscapes, yet is sparsely populated and often ignored by foreign tourists, making it an ideal destination for travelers who value seclusion and natural experiences.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hojancha.
Hojancha
Hojancha is a town on the Nicoya Peninsula in Guanacaste. A few kilometres south of the town of Nicoya, its high elevation makes coffee cultivation possible and places it near mountainous nature reserves.
Nicoya Peninsula
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica
- Category: landform
- Location: Central Pacific, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Nicoya Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Nikoya yarımadası”
- Catalan: “Península de Nicoya”
- Cebuano: “Península de Nicoya”
- Chinese: “尼科亚半岛”
- Chinese: “尼科亞半島”
- Croatian: “Nicoya”
- Czech: “Nicoya”
- Czech: “Nicoyský poloostrov”
- Dutch: “Nicoyaschiereiland”
- Finnish: “Nicoyan niemimaa”
- French: “péninsule de Nicoya”
- French: “Péninsule de Nicoya”
- German: “Nicoya-Halbinsel”
- Greek: “Χερσόνησος Νικόγια”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי ניקויה”
- Hebrew: “ניקויה (חצי אי)”
- Hebrew: “ניקויה, חצי אי”
- Hebrew: “ניקויה”
- Italian: “Penisola di Nicoya”
- Japanese: “ニコヤ半島”
- Korean: “니코야 반도”
- Lithuanian: “Nikojos pusiasalis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nicoyahalvøya”
- Norwegian: “Nicoyahalvøya”
- Polish: “Nicoya”
- Polish: “Półwysep Nicoya”
- Portuguese: “Península de Nicoya”
- Russian: “Никоя”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Nicoya”
- Spanish: “Nicoya”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de Nicoya”
- Spanish: “Península de Nicoya”
- Swedish: “Nicoyahalvön”
- Tamil: “நிகோயா மூவலந்தீவு”
- Vietnamese: “Bán đảo Nicoya”
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