Tejona
Encyclopedia
Tejona is a village
in the Guanacaste Province
, Costa Rica
. It is located on Lake Arenal
and has a hydroelectric power station. Hotel Tilawa and skateboarding park as well as the Tilawa Viento Surf Center
and Arenal Botanical Gardens
are located nearby. Some 100 wind turbines, standing at 120 ft (35m) are located southwest of the village on the hills and supply electricity to the national grid. The wind farm is the largest in Central America with an annual production of up to 70MW. Electricity is sold to the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
.
It is connected by the 142 road up the hills to the canton seat of Tilarán
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the Guanacaste Province
Guanacaste Province
Guanacaste is a province of Costa Rica located in the northwestern part of the country, along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. To the north it borders Nicaragua. To the east is the Alajuela Province, and to the southeast is the Puntarenas Province. It is the most sparsely populated of all the...
, Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
. It is located on Lake Arenal
Lake Arenal
Lake Arenal is an artificial lake in Costa Rica, located in the northern highlands of the country. It was enlarged to its present size as a part of a 1979 hydroelectric project by the Costa Rican government to provide electricity to the country.- Geography :...
and has a hydroelectric power station. Hotel Tilawa and skateboarding park as well as the Tilawa Viento Surf Center
Tilawa Viento Surf Center
Tilawa Viento Surf Center is a noted windsurfing centre, located on the northwestern shore of Lake Arenal in Guanacaste Province in northwest Costa Rica. The lake receives strong winds between November and March and is rated as one of the finest windsurfing locations in the world. The centre,...
and Arenal Botanical Gardens
Arenal Botanical Gardens
Arenal Botanical Gardens are botanical gardens located on the shore of Lake Arenal in north-west Costa Rica. They are located on the east side of the lake approximately 2 kilometers north of the village of Unión, Guanacaste. Opened in 1991, the garden displays hundreds of tropical plant species...
are located nearby. Some 100 wind turbines, standing at 120 ft (35m) are located southwest of the village on the hills and supply electricity to the national grid. The wind farm is the largest in Central America with an annual production of up to 70MW. Electricity is sold to the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad is the Costa Rican government-run electricity and telecommunications services provider.-External links:...
.
It is connected by the 142 road up the hills to the canton seat of Tilarán
Tilarán
Tilarán is a small town in the Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. It is the seat of the Tilarán Canton located in the hills overlooking the west shore of Lake Arenal...
.