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On the peninsula is the Cosigüina
Volcano Natural Reserve (RNVC), declared by decree published by the government of Nicaragua, on 19 September 1983. The buffer area of the Cosigüina Volcano Natural Reserve begins in the El Congo community, located 39 kilometers from the city of El Viejo, until ending
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The territory occupied by the Cosigüina
Peninsula was declared a refuge or asylum area for the protection of wild animals, through a decree published by the government of Nicaragua, on 2 September 1958.
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in the Punta Ñata sector on the southwest side and in the Potosí sector on the northeast side of the
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volcano, which is itself the protected area of said
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243:"Evaluación ecológica rápida - Península de Cosigüina, Nicaragua"
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