Guaitil Explained

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.

Notes

  1. Salguero, Miguel (2007) Caminos y veredas de Costa Rica: Pueblos y geografías EUNED, Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia, San José, Costa Rica, page 241,
  2. Firestone, Matthew D.; Miranda, Carolina A. and Soriano, César G. (2010) Costa Rica (9th edition) Lonely Planet, Footscray, Victoria, Australia, page 276,

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