Pacific La Amistad Conservation Area (ACLA-P; Spanish: Área de Conservación La Amistad Pacífico) is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the southern part of Costa Rica, on the Pacific side of the Continental Divide. It contains several National Parks, and a number Wildlife refuges and other types of nature reserve.
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