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Chorotega (chōrōtā`gä), aboriginal people and language group of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Little is known of the Chorotega, primarily beause of the absence of extensive ruins. Contemporaneous with the Maya to the northwest, they inhabited principally the Ulúa Ulúa , river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in the Cordillera de Opalaca, W Honduras, and flowing north to the Caribbean Sea. The Ulúa, with its tributaries, drains almost the entire western half of the country.
..... Click the link for more information. River valley and the Mosquito Coast Mosquito Coast or Mosquitia , region, east coast of Nicaragua and Honduras. The name is derived from the Miskito, the indigenous inhabitants and remnants of the Chorotega. Never exactly delimited, the region is a belt c.
..... Click the link for more information. . With other tribes to the south and the Chibcha Chibcha , indigenous people of the eastern cordillera of the Andes of Colombia. Although trade with neighboring tribes was common, the Chibcha seem to have evolved their culture in comparative isolation.
..... Click the link for more information. of Colombia, they formed a cultural link between the peoples of the Andean area and those of Mexico. The Chorotega were probably democratic, with a chief chosen by elected council. Chorotega culture became extinct in the Spanish colonial period.

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No references found	One of my favorite places is Hotel Punta Islita in the Nicoya Peninsula, home to the Casa Spa which artfully incorporates herbalist wisdom from the local Chorotega tribe into their treatments. Spa and Costa Rica - the Spa Destination Experience by Lisa Khajavi / Travel, recreation and leisure community Culture: Mestizo (mixed indigenous and European) 90%, indigenous 7% (Lenca, Chorti, Chorotega and Pipil), black 2%, white 1%. Honduras by Reynolds, Louisa / New Internationalist In a secondary school located in Santa Rita, (1) attended by a minority of students from Nambue, the Chorotega reservation, and a majority of students from other towns not labeled as indigenous, the national myth taught was linked to Costa Rican pride in democracy, the goal (and assertion) of equality, and to the overall assumption that Costa Rica's citizens are predominantly white and European in ancestry. Citizenship, wealth, and whiteness in a Costa Rican High School by Stocker, Karen / International Journal of Educational Policy, Research and Practice	Chorion chorionic adenoma Chorionic Gonadotropin chorionic villus sampling chorionitis Chorioptic Mange chorioretinal chorioretinitis Choripetalae choripetalous chorisepalous chorisis chorismite Chorispora chorister Choristida Choristodera Chorley Chornyi, Kuzma chorography Choroid choroid plexus Choroiditis Chorology choropleth Chorotega Chortkov Chorukh-Dairon Chorus chorus frog chorus girl Chorzow Chorzów chose Chosen chosen position Chosenia Choshi Choshu Choson Choson dynasty Chosroes Chota Nagpur Chott Ech Chergui Chotts, Plateau of the Chou Chou En-Lai Chou Hsin-Fang Chou Li-Po Chou Shu-jen Chou Tun-I	choroidal tapetum choroidea choroidea choroidea choroideremia choroideremia choroiditis choroiditis choroiditis choroido- choroidocapillary layer choroidocyclitis choroidoiritis choroidopathy choroidoretinitis Choroids Choroids Choroids Chorology Chorology choromania Chorometry Chorophyll Chorophyll Chorophyll Choropleth Choropleth Choropleth map Choropleth map choropleth maps Chorotega Chorozemas chorrie Chorrillos Chorrillos District Chors Chorten Chorten Chörten Chörten Chortkov chortle chortle chortle chortle chortle chortle about chortle over chortle with chortle with something chortled chortled chortler chortler chortles chortles chortles chortles chortling chortling Chorukh-Dairon

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One of my favorite places is Hotel Punta Islita in the Nicoya Peninsula, home to the Casa Spa which artfully incorporates herbalist wisdom from the local Chorotega tribe into their treatments.

Spa and Costa Rica - the Spa Destination Experience by Lisa Khajavi / Travel, recreation and leisure community

Culture: Mestizo (mixed indigenous and European) 90%, indigenous 7% (Lenca, Chorti, Chorotega and Pipil), black 2%, white 1%.

Honduras by Reynolds, Louisa / New Internationalist

In a secondary school located in Santa Rita, (1) attended by a minority of students from Nambue, the Chorotega reservation, and a majority of students from other towns not labeled as indigenous, the national myth taught was linked to Costa Rican pride in democracy, the goal (and assertion) of equality, and to the overall assumption that Costa Rica's citizens are predominantly white and European in ancestry.

Citizenship, wealth, and whiteness in a Costa Rican High School by Stocker, Karen / International Journal of Educational Policy, Research and Practice