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Quepos is a district and the capital of Aguirre canton in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.costaricadatabase.com/crdb/city.asp?action=2&q=QUEPOS&b=AGUIRRE&p=6 )〕 The district has a population of about 22,000 people.〔(Estadísticas Vitales 2013 ) - INEC〕 The town is about 60 km. south (in a straight line) from Costa Rica's capital, San José, but is 157 km from that city by road if going through the localities of Atenas, Orotina and Tárcoles.〔http://www.govisitcostarica.co.cr/region/city.asp?cid=247〕 Quepos is the gateway to Manuel Antonio National Park. The city is very tourism-oriented, having many bars and restaurants and a vivacious night-life. The town is named for the native Quepo Indians who inhabited the place in the colonial era. Quepos is well known thanks to being the gateway to a popular National Park and beaches in Costa Rica. Several years ago the country's park service imposed limits on the number of visitors to the park (600 per day, and it's closed on Mondays). ==History== The area was home to the native Quepoa people of this specific Costa Rican region. In 1563, Spanish Catholic conquistadores, led by Juan Vázquez de Coronado, settled the area and founded the settlement of San Bernardino de Quepo. The local native Quepo people were then subsequently subjugated by Juan Vázquez and his conquistadores. In 1746, the Quepo people that remained were transferred to a reservation which already contained another native ethnic group. Quepos offers fishing for numerous varieties of fish, especially Pacific Sailfish. Peak fishing season is from November to April for billfish. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Quepos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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