Guaitil

For the village in San José Province, see Guaitil de Acosta.

Guaitil Guaytil
village
Guaitil Location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: CR 10°16′03″N 85°30′40″W / 10.26750°N 85.51111°W / 10.26750; -85.51111Coordinates: CR 10°16′03″N 85°30′40″W / 10.26750°N 85.51111°W / 10.26750; -85.51111
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	Santa Cruz
District	Diria

Guaitil is a village in Diria 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^[1] produce ceramics for local use and the tourist trade in reds, creams and blacks.^[2]

Notes

1 2 Salguero, Miguel (2007) Caminos y veredas de Costa Rica: Pueblos y geografías EUNED, Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia, San José, Costa Rica, page 241, ISBN 978-9968-31-531-9
1 2 Firestone, Matthew D.; Miranda, Carolina A. and Soriano, César G. (2010) Costa Rica (9th edition) Lonely Planet, Footscray, Victoria, Australia, page 276, ISBN 978-1-74179-474-8

External links

"Guaitil Map – Satellite Images of Guaitil" Maplandia
"Chorotega Indigenous Pottery and Ceramics Tour" Discovery Travel World, photographs for Guaitil pottery

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