Shiroles, Costa Rica

Shiroles
Shiroles
village
	Shiroles Location in Costa Rica
	Coordinates: 09°35′12″N 082°57′25″W
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Limón
Canton	Talamanca
District	Bratsi
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (None)

Shiroles is a village in the Talamanca Mountains, of Bratsi District, Talamanca Canton, Limón Province, Costa Rica. It is served by a small airport (ICAO Code: MRSH), with no commercial flights.[1] The nearest village is Suretka one kilometre to the southeast. The first school in Shiroles was built in 2009, which allowed students to save the fifteen-kilometre trip to the previous closest school in Bribri.[2] The local people are Bribri and Cabécar and their economy is based upon traditional agricultural practices.

Notes

"IATA code for airport Shiroles near Shiroles, Costa Rica".
Syrkett, Asad (2012). "Shiroles Rural School, Shiroles, Costa Rica". Architectural Record. 200 (3): 71. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012.

External links

"Slideshow: Shiroles Rural School". Architectuaral Record.
"Photo:Shiroles, Costa Rica: Lunch". Flickr.

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[1] "IATA code for airport Shiroles near Shiroles, Costa Rica".

[2] Syrkett, Asad (2012). "Shiroles Rural School, Shiroles, Costa Rica". Architectural Record. 200 (3): 71. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012.