3-Quepos
Quepos is a city on the Pacific coast of central Costa Rica. There is the Manuel Antonio National Park which, with its mangroves, lagoons and jungles on the shores of the beach, is home to howler monkeys, white-faced monkeys and squirrels. Nearby, on the same coast, are Espadilla Beach and Biesanz Beach. In the northwest of the city, is Damas Island mangrove estuary. There you can see alligators, iguanas and snakes
The Quepoa, also called Quepos, were an Amerindian ethnic group from Costa Rica, who, upon the arrival of the Spanish to this country in the 16th century, were governed by King Corrohore and lived on the Pacific coast near what is today the Manuel Antonio national park, in the so-called Chiefdom of Quepo.
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