Official Name: | Guaitil |
Other Name: | Guaytil |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Costa Rica |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Costa Rica |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Guanacaste |
Subdivision Type2: | Canton |
Subdivision Name2: | Santa Cruz |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Diriá |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 10.2675°N -85.5111°W |
Guaitil is a village in Diriá District, Santa Cruz Canton, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. It lies along the old route between Santa Cruz and Nicoya.[1] The town is famous for its pottery in the pre-Columbian Chorotega style.[2] Potters using local clays and the same tools and techniques of their indigenous ancestors produce ceramics for local use and the tourist trade in reds, creams and blacks.