Santa Rosa National Park

Infobox_protected_area | name = Santa Rosa National Park
iucn_category = II


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area = 387 km²
established = 1972
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governing_body = National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)

Santa Rosa National Park, in Spanish the _es. Parque Nacional Santa Rosa, is a National Park, part of the Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage site, in the northern western part of Costa Rica, originally created to protect the scene of the Battle of Santa Rosa, at its eastern edge lies the Interamerican Highway where it is adjacent to the Guanacaste National Park, the main site is 36 kilometers north of Liberia in Guanacaste Province.

It was created in 1971 to not just cover the historical site but also to protect the savannah, deciduous forest, marshlands, and mangroves of the area. The park covers an area of approximately 495 square kilometers, and includes various species of coyotes, peccaries, coatimundis, tapirs, three species of monkey (Geoffroy's spider monkey, mantled howler monkey and white faced capuchin) and many varieties of sea and land turtles. Several cat species are also present (jaguarundi, ocelot, puma and jaguar) but are rarely seen.

External links

* [http://www.costarica-nationalparks.com/santarosanationalpark.html Santa Rosa National Park] at Costa Rica National Parks
* [http://www.costaricabureau.com/nationalparks/santarosa.htm Santa Rosa National Park] at Costa Rica Bureau
* [http://centralamerica.com/cr/parks/mosantarosa.htm Overview of the park] from Moon Handbooks
* [http://www.trycostarica.com/info.php?id=589&cat=119&page=3 Santa Rosa National Park] at Try Costa Rica
* [http://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr/ Área de Conservación Guanacaste]
* [http://www.wikicostarica.com:16080/index.php/Santa_Rosa_National_Park Videos and photos of Santa Rosa National Park]