July 28th, 2010
Nicoya Peninsula is an ideal place to live
DEVELOP INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL LISTING
Sergio ARCE A. sarce@nacion.com
Nicoya Peninsula stands out as one of the five world’s healthiest places to live, International Living magazine reported in its latest edition.
The magazine titled its report: Feel younger, live longer: The world’s healthiest places to live in 2010.
The main consideration that the publication evaluated to select the Nicoya peninsula was the longevity of most of its inhabitants, which can reach 100 years.
The magazine echoed a study in 2004, made the demographer Luis Rosero Bixby, the Central American Population Center at the University of Costa Rica.
The research found that in this area mortality over 90 years is 10% lower than in the rest of the country.
That is, if a man of the Nicoya peninsula reaches age 80 can live on average 8.2 years more.
If you reach age 90 can live an average of 4.4 years, as it was published in The Nation earlier in May.
The Nicoya Peninsula is composed of the cantons of Santa Cruz Guanacaste, Nicoya, Hojancha, Carrillo and Nandayure, and the districts of Puntarenas Cóbano, Lepanto and Paquera.
Other aspects that International Living weighed in considering the Nicoya peninsula as one of the healthiest places are: dry climate, the diet of its inhabitants, family ties and tranquility of their surroundings.
Other destinations. The remaining four healthiest places to live are not exactly large cities, quite the contrary.
Like the Nicoya peninsula is quiet and removed from sites city noise.
Among them include the “Valley of Sangrilá, Panama, the Italian island of Sardinia in the Mediterranean and the valley of Vilcabamba in Ecuador.
A special case is that of New Zealand in Oceania. It is the only country that appears on the list as a whole. The publication highlights the beauty of its landscapes and the candor of its 4.3 million inhabitants
