The boundaries of the Cipanci National Wildlife Refuge by the following literal description and coordinates referenced to the official cartographic projection system for Costa Rica CRTM05 and its associated Datum CR05:
Starting from a point located at the confluence of the Lajas River with the Bebedero River at the point with coordinates 1 E 367596 N 1141044.
It continues southeast upstream along the Lajas River on its left bank, for a distance of 50 meters to the point with coordinates 2 E 367643 N 1141040.
From this point, it continues southwest in a line parallel to the left bank of the Bebedero River downstream, delimiting a strip of land with a width of 50 meters corresponding to the Public Zone of said river, to the point with coordinates 3 E 367252 N 1139061.
From this point, the Refuge boundary continues southward along the mangrove limit according to the State Natural Heritage input, to the point with coordinates 4 E 368027 N 1137758, this last point being located at a distance of 50 meters from the left bank of the Bebedero River in a perpendicular line.
It continues southeast in a line parallel to that river bank downstream, delimiting a strip of land with a width of 50 meters corresponding to the Public Zone, to the point with coordinates 5 E 367668 N 1137134. This last point is located at a distance of 50 meters from the river bank in a perpendicular line.
From this point, the Refuge boundary continues southward along the mangrove limit according to the State Natural Heritage input, to the point with coordinates 6 E 365083 N 1134000.
From this last point, the boundary continues in a straight line to the point with coordinates 7 E 365447 N 1133417.
It continues along the mangrove limit according to the State Natural Heritage input, to the point with coordinates 8 E 365429 N 1130760, located at a distance of 50 meters from the left bank of the Tempisque River in a perpendicular line.
From this last point, it continues southwest in a line parallel to that river bank downstream, delimiting a strip of land with a width of 50 meters corresponding to the Public Zone, to the point with coordinates 9 E 365328 N 1130178, located at a distance of 50 meters from the left bank of the Tempisque River in a perpendicular line.
From this point, the Refuge boundary continues southeast along the mangrove limit according to the State Natural Heritage input, to the point with coordinates 10 E 365541 N 1130193.
It continues through a succession of straight lines joining the points with coordinates:
11 E 365512 N 1130365 12 E 365587 N 1130507 13 E 365916 N 1130289 14 E 365750 N 1130137 15 E 365914 N 1129960 This last point is located on the left margin northbound of the National Route that connects the town of Monte Potrero with Puerto Alegre.
The Refuge boundary continues along the left margin northbound of the National Route that connects the town of Monte Potrero with Puerto Alegre to the point with coordinates 16 E 365735 N 1129747.
From this last point, the Refuge boundary continues southwest along the mangrove limit according to the State Natural Heritage input, to the point with coordinates 17 E 365057 N 1129731, located at a distance of 50 meters from the left bank of the Tempisque River in a perpendicular line.
From this last point, it continues southwest in a line parallel to that river bank downstream, delimiting a strip of land with a width of 50 meters corresponding to the Public Zone, to the point with coordinates 18 E 364792 N 1129467, located at a distance of 50 meters from the left bank of the Tempisque River in a perpendicular line.
It continues through a succession of straight lines joining the points with coordinates:
19 E 364602 N 1128317 20 E 363391 N 1128593 This last point is located at a distance of 50 meters from the right bank of the Tempisque River in a perpendicular line.
The Refuge boundary continues southwest along the mangrove limit according to the State Natural Heritage input, to the point with coordinates 21 E 363247 N 1128604.
From this last point, it continues through a succession of straight lines joining the points with coordinates:
22 E 363115 N 1128647 23 E 362841 N 1128947 24 E 362491 N 1129047 25 E 362041 N 1129548 26 E 362117 N 1130198 27 E 361342 N 1130574 28 E 361112 N 1130563 This last point is located on the right margin northbound of the National Route that connects the town of Loma Bonita with the Tempisque River bridge.
The Refuge boundary continues along the right margin northbound of the National Route that connects the town of Loma Bonita with the Tempisque River bridge to the point with coordinates: 29 E 361146 N 1130732, corresponding to Boundary Marker M609 published in the Official Gazette La Gaceta number 122 of June 23, 2004.
From this last point, the Refuge boundary continues, joining by straight lines the points with coordinates corresponding to the boundary markers published in the Official Gazette La Gaceta number 122 of June 23, 2004:
30 E 361156 N 1130778 BOUNDARY MARKER M608 31 E 361165 N 1130824 BOUNDARY MARKER M607 A 32 E 361187 N 1130900 BOUNDARY MARKER M607 33 E 361192 N 1130946 BOUNDARY MARKER M606 34 E 361208 N 1131002 BOUNDARY MARKER M605 35 E 361216 N 1131047 BOUNDARY MARKER M604 36 E 361223 N 1131087 BOUNDARY MARKER M603 37 E 361231 N 1131120 BOUNDARY MARKER M602 38 E 361247 N 1131174 BOUNDARY MARKER M601 39 E 361292 N 1131240 BOUNDARY MARKER M600 40 E 361295 N 1131247 BOUNDARY MARKER M599A 41 E 361326 N 1131290 BOUNDARY MARKER M599 42 E 361330 N 1131350 BOUNDARY MARKER M598 43 E 361352 N 1131379 BOUNDARY MARKER M597 44 E 361358 N 1131439 BOUNDARY MARKER M596 45 E 361344 N 1131473 BOUNDARY MARKER M595 46 E 361319 N 1131534 BOUNDARY MARKER M594 47 E 361306 N 1131571 BOUNDARY MARKER M593 48 E 361302 N 1131593 BOUNDARY MARKER M592 49 E 361303 N 1131643 BOUNDARY MARKER M591 50 E 361312 N 1131690 BOUNDARY MARKER M590 51 E 361334 N 1131744 BOUNDARY MARKER M589 52 E 361372 N 1131800 BOUNDARY MARKER M588 53 E 361391 N 1131824 BOUNDARY MARKER M587 54 E 361436 N 1131853 BOUNDARY MARKER M586 55 E 361470 N 1131872 BOUNDARY MARKER M585A 56 E 361513 N 1131881 BOUNDARY MARKER M585 57 E 361567 N 1131849 BOUNDARY MARKER M584 58 E 361624 N 1131829 BOUNDARY MARKER M583 59 E 361685 N 1131811 BOUNDARY MARKER M582 60 E 361743 N 1131790 BOUNDARY MARKER M581 61 E 361807 N 1131812 BOUNDARY MARKER M580 62 E 361875 N 1131798 BOUNDARY MARKER M579 63 E 361930 N 1131803 BOUNDARY MARKER M578 64 E 361968 N 1131834 BOUNDARY MARKER M577 65 E 362032 N 1131880 BOUNDARY MARKER M576 66 E 362084 N 1131884 BOUNDARY MARKER M575 67 E 362129 N 1131876 BOUNDARY MARKER M574 68 E 362204 N 1131891 BOUNDARY MARKER M573 69 E 362271 N 1131878 BOUNDARY MARKER M572 70 E 362313 N 1131904 BOUNDARY MARKER M571 71 E 362337 N 1131936 BOUNDARY MARKER M570 72 E 362382 N 1131959 BOUNDARY MARKER M569 73 E 362438 N 1131957 BOUNDARY MARKER M568 74 E 362455 N 1131916 BOUNDARY MARKER M567 75 E 362437 N 1131867 BOUNDARY MARKER M566 76 E 362450 N 1131839 BOUNDARY MARKER M565 77 E 362502 N 1131813 BOUNDARY MARKER M564 78 E 362548 N 1131809 BOUNDARY MARKER M563 79 E 362586 N 1131814 BOUNDARY MARKER M562 80 E 362622 N 1131846 BOUNDARY MARKER M561 81 E 362655 N 1131904 BOUNDARY MARKER M560 82 E 362653 N 1131946 BOUNDARY MARKER M559 83 E 362688 N 1131970 BOUNDARY MARKER M558 84 E 362717 N 1132005 BOUNDARY MARKER M557 85 E 362737 N 1132082 BOUNDARY MARKER M556 86 E 362726 N 1132105 BOUNDARY MARKER M555 87 E 362668 N 1132124 BOUNDARY MARKER M554 88 E 362617 N 1132132 BOUNDARY MARKER M553 89 E 362583 N 1132114 BOUNDARY MARKER M552 90 E 362549 N 1132132 BOUNDARY MARKER M551 91 E 362569 N 1132188 BOUNDARY MARKER M550 92 E 362605 N 1132250 BOUNDARY MARKER M549 93 E 362621 N 1132290 BOUNDARY MARKER M548 94 E 362641 N 1132323 BOUNDARY MARKER M547 95 E 362685 N 1132313 BOUNDARY MARKER M546 96 E 362749 N 1132316 BOUNDARY MARKER M545 97 E 362797 N 1132348 BOUNDARY MARKER M544 98 E 362859 N 1132334 BOUNDARY MARKER M543 99 E 362900 N 1132316 BOUNDARY MARKER M542 100 E 362952 N 1132304 BOUNDARY MARKER M541 101 E 363012 N 1132342 BOUNDARY MARKER M540 102 E 363040 N 1132350 BOUNDARY MARKER M539 103 E 363094 N 1132364 BOUNDARY MARKER M538 104 E 363124 N 1132417 BOUNDARY MARKER M537 105 E 363147 N 1132417 BOUNDARY MARKER M536 106 E 363157 N 1132364 BOUNDARY MARKER M535 107 E 363191 N 1132333 BOUNDARY MARKER M534 108 E 363235 N 1132310 BOUNDARY MARKER M533 109 E 363264 N 1132262 BOUNDARY MARKER M532 110 E 363297 N 1132273 BOUNDARY MARKER M531 111 E 363301 N 1132305 BOUNDARY MARKER M530 112 E 363284 N 1132346 BOUNDARY MARKER M529 113 E 363251 N 1132398 BOUNDARY MARKER M528 114 E 363232 N 1132477 BOUNDARY MARKER M527 115 E 363275 N 1132488 BOUNDARY MARKER M526 116 E 363324 N 1132494 BOUNDARY MARKER M525 117 E 363372 N 1132547 BOUNDARY MARKER M524 118 E 363388 N 1132581 BOUNDARY MARKER M523 119 E 363371 N 1132617 BOUNDARY MARKER M522 120 E 363309 N 1132619 BOUNDARY MARKER M521 121 E 363241 N 1132607 BOUNDARY MARKER M520 122 E 363204 N 1132640 BOUNDARY MARKER M519 123 E 363173 N 1132696 BOUNDARY MARKER M518 124 E 363121 N 1132745 BOUNDARY MARKER M517 125 E 363060 N 1132751 BOUNDARY MARKER M516 126 E 363005 N 1132726 BOUNDARY MARKER M515 127 E 362950 N 1132703 BOUNDARY MARKER M514 128 E 362922 N 1132738 BOUNDARY MARKER M513 129 E 362905 N 1132791 BOUNDARY MARKER M512 130 E 362911 N 1132848 BOUNDARY MARKER M511 131 E 362934 N 1132892 BOUNDARY MARKER M510 132 E 362958 N 1132899 BOUNDARY MARKER M509 133 E 363007 N 1132928 BOUNDARY MARKER M508 134 E 363052 N 1132952 BOUNDARY MARKER M507 135 E 363111 N 1132977 BOUNDARY MARKER M506 136 E 363173 N 1133003 BOUNDARY MARKER M505 137 E 363187 N 1133034 BOUNDARY MARKER M504 138 E 363185 N 1133079 BOUNDARY MARKER M503 139 E 363187 N 1133128 BOUNDARY MARKER M502 From this last point, it continues with a straight line to the point with coordinates 140 E 362969 N 1133020.
It continues joining by straight lines the points with coordinates corresponding to the boundary markers published in the Official Gazette La Gaceta number 122 of June 23, 2004:
141 E 362938 N 1133076 BOUNDARY MARKER M500 142 E 362931 N 1133117 BOUNDARY MARKER M499 143 E 362909 N 1133144 BOUNDARY MARKER M498 144 E 362915 N 1133184 BOUNDARY MARKER M497 145 E 362916 N 1133240 BOUNDARY MARKER M496 146 E 362880 N 1133273 BOUNDARY MARKER M495 147 E 362851 N 1133313 BOUNDARY MARKER M494 148 E 362842 N 1133362 BOUNDARY MARKER M493 149 E 362801 N 1133388 BOUNDARY MARKER M492 150 E 362756 N 1133427 BOUNDARY MARKER M491 151 E 362720 N 1133439 BOUNDARY MARKER M490 152 E 362665 N 1133422 BOUNDARY MARKER M489 153 E 362613 N 1133388 BOUNDARY MARKER M488 154 E 362558 N 1133374 BOUNDARY MARKER M487 155 E 362503 N 1133348 BOUNDARY MARKER M486 156 E 362446 N 1133336 BOUNDARY MARKER M485 From this last point, the Refuge boundary continues westward along the mangrove limit according to the State Natural Heritage input, to the point with coordinates 157 E 360964 N 1134117.
This last point is located on the farm road that connects the right bank of the Tempisque River with the northern sector of the Sonzapote Lagoon.
From this last point, it continues through a succession of straight lines joining the points with coordinates:
158 E 360823 N 1133965 159 E 360895 N 1133750 160 E 360745 N 1133650 161 E 360595 N 1133600 162 E 360745 N 1133500 163 E 360695 N 1133375 164 E 360395 N 1133425 165 E 360094 N 1133375 166 E 360095 N 1133600 167 E 359945 N 1133951 168 E 359845 N 1134051 169 E 359695 N 1133901 170 E 359495 N 1134051 171 E 359568 N 1134216 It continues along the mangrove limit according to the State Natural Heritage input, to the point with coordinates 172 E 359461 N 1135274.
This last point is located at a distance of 50 meters from the right bank of the Tempisque River in a perpendicular line.
From this last point, it continues northwest in a line parallel to that river bank, delimiting a strip with a width of 50 meters corresponding to the Public Zone, to the point with coordinates 173 E 359306 N 1135280.
This last point is located at a distance of 50 meters from the right bank of the Tempisque River in a perpendicular line.
The Refuge boundary continues southwest along the mangrove limit according to the State Natural Heritage input, to the point with coordinates 174 E 358627 N 1134668.
From this last point, it continues with a straight line to the point with coordinates 175 E 359246 N 1135321, a point located on the right bank of the Tempisque River downstream.
The boundary continues along the right bank of the Tempisque River downstream, to the point with coordinates 176 E 356919 N1139749, a point located on the right bank of the Tempisque River downstream.
The boundary continues with a straight line to the point with coordinates 177 E 356887 N 1139710.
From this last point, the Refuge boundary line continues northward, delimiting a strip of land with a width of 50 meters corresponding to the Public Zone. In those cases where the mangrove limit according to the State Natural Heritage input exceeds the 50-meter strip, the mangrove limit shall be respected as the boundary of the protected wilderness area, to the point with coordinates 178 E 345733 N 1144428.
This last point is located at a distance of 50 meters from the right bank of the Tempisque River downstream, in a line perpendicular to the confluence of the Charco River and the Tempisque River.
The boundary continues westward along the right bank of the Charco River to the point with coordinates 179 E 343618 N 1142654.
From this last point, a 200-meter strip parallel to the right bank downstream of the Charco River is included, to the point with coordinates 180 E 345678 N 1144687.
From this last point, the Refuge boundary continues, including a strip of land with a width of 200 meters parallel to the right bank, downstream of the Tempisque River, to the point with coordinates 181 E 345273 N 1146336.
From this last point, the Refuge boundary continues, including a strip of land with a width of 200 meters parallel to the right bank of the Bolsón River, upstream towards its confluence with the Tempisque River, to the point with coordinates 182 E 341208 N 1146656.
From this last point, it continues in a straight line to the point with coordinates 183 E 341210 N 1147095.
From this last point, the Refuge boundary continues, including a strip of land with a width of 200 meters parallel to the left bank of the Bolsón River, upstream towards its confluence with the Tempisque River, to the point with coordinates 184 E 345422 N 1146887.
From this last point, a 200-meter strip parallel to the right bank, downstream of the Tempisque River, is included, to the point with coordinates 185 E 346243 N 1153050.
The Refuge boundary continues, joining the points with straight lines at the coordinates:
186 E 346695 N 1153142 187 E 346930 N 1149131 188 E 346718 N 1149126 From this last point, the boundary line continues southward, along the left bank of the Tempisque River downstream, to the point with coordinates 189 E 363247 N 1133965.
This last point is located at the confluence of the Bebedero River and the Tempisque River.
The boundary line continues eastward along the right bank of the Bebedero River, to the point with coordinates 190 E 367526 N 1141086.
From this last point, it continues with a straight line to the point with coordinates 1 E 367596 N 1141044, the starting point of this description.
(Thus amended by article 1 of executive decree N° 39093 of April 20, 2015)