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Sierra, ("''Las Minas''") is a district in Abangares. It is well known as the historical mining town of Costa Rica, located on the NW Pacific Region. It goes from an altitude of 210 meters to 1200 meters. It is a mountainous zone with a variety of temperatures (from 34 °C to 5 °C) and climates (from dry forest to rain forest). To the ''north'' it borders Tilarán Canton, to the ''south'' San Juan de Abangares and Las Juntas District(SW), to the ''east'' Monteverde and to the ''west'' it borders Cañas Canton. == History and Mining == Oral history tells that the name of "Sierra" its related to one of the first resources the town took advantage, the wood. The Spanish word "sierra" means "saw". Residents developed sawmills by the time they knew about the valuable and precious woods they got. Although, by the year 1900 the gold mining industry rose in Abangares but mostly in Sierra, were the Abangares Gold Fields of Costa Rica (Abangares Mining Company) own by Minor C. Keith, built up the Stamp mill House, the Company Headquarters and the Powder House. The ore activity carried vast development. By that time, people compared La Sierra development with California (as well because the Gold rush). 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「Sierra, Abangares」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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