Miravalles Jorge Manuel Dengo National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Miravalles Jorge Manuel Dengo), is a

national park A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...

and

nature reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or ...

in the northwest part of

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

, which forms part of the

Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area ( es, Área de Conservación Arenal Tempisque (ACAT)), is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the northwest part of Costa Rica, near the Arenal Volcano and coveri ...

. The site contains the

Miravalles Volcano The Miravalles Volcano is an andesitic stratovolcano in Costa Rica. The caldera A caldera ( ) is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcano eruption. When large volumes of magma are e ...

, which is still active although the last recorded eruption was only of steam vents in 1946. On 5 June 2019, it was created by allocating from

Miravalles Protected Zone Miravalles Protected Zone ( es, Zona Protectora Miravalles) is a nature reserve in the northwest part of Costa Rica, which forms part of the Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area. The site contains the Miravalles Volcano The Miravalles Volcano i ...

as declared by Executive Decree 41768-MINAE, it became the twenty ninth national park of Costa Rica.

Economy

Nearby there is a

geothermal energy Geothermal energy is the thermal energy in the Earth's crust which originates from the formation of the planet and from radioactive decay of materials in currently uncertain but possibly roughly equal proportions. The high temperature and pres ...

plant which uses the large underground heated reservoir to provide electricity. In the same premises is also located the

Miravalles Solar Park Miravalles Solar Park, ( es, Parque Solar Miravalles) is a solar energy project located in Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica, near the Miravalles Volcano. It is operated by the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE). It has 4300 solar pane ...

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Miravalles Protected Zone
at Costa Rica National Parks National parks of Costa Rica {{CostaRica-protected-area-stub