Central Pacific Conservation Area

{{Short description|Conservation area in Costa Rica}}

{{Infobox Protected area

| name = Central Pacific Conservation Area

| alt_name = {{lang|es|Área de Conservación Pacífico Central}}

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| map_image = Área_de_Conservación_Pacífico_Central,_SINAC,_Costa_Rica.svg

| map_caption = Location of the area, labeled ACOPAC in the west of the country.

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| location = Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica

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| coords = {{coord|9.542794|-84.560992|display=inline,title}}

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| governing_body = National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)

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Central Pacific Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the southwestern part of Costa Rica, on the Pacific coast.[http://www.sinac.go.cr/AC/ACOPAC/Paginas/default.aspx SINAC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317041358/http://www.sinac.go.cr/AC/ACOPAC/Paginas/default.aspx |date=2015-03-17 }}, retrieved 18 March 2015 It contains four National Parks, and a number Wildlife refuges and other types of nature reserve.