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{{short description|Costa Rican conservation area}}
{{Infobox Protected area
| name = Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area
| alt_name = {{lang|es|Área de Conservación Arenal Tempisque}}
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| map_image = Área_de_Conservación_Arenal_Tempisque,_SINAC,_Costa_Rica.svg
| map_caption = Location of the area, labeled ''ACAT'' in the northwest of the country.
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| location = [[Guanacaste Province]], [[Puntarenas Province]], [[Alajuela Province]] [[Costa Rica]]
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| coords = {{coord|10.385393|-85.335887|display=inline,title}}
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| governing_body = National System of Conservation Areas ([[SINAC]])
| url = [http://www.sinac.go.cr/EN-US/ac/acat/Pages/default.aspx Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area]
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'''Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area''' ({{langx|es|Área de Conservación Arenal Tempisque (ACAT)}}), is an administrative area which is managed by [[SINAC]] for the purposes of conservation in the northwest part of [[Costa Rica]], near the [[Arenal Volcano]] and covering part of the [[Cordillera de Tilarán]] and [[Cordillera de Guanacaste]]. It contains a number of [[National Park]]s, [[Wildlife refuge]]s and Protected Zones.  The area was previously known as ''Arenal Tilarán Conservation Area''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Area de Conservación Arenal Tempisque (ACAT) |url=http://www.sinac.go.cr/ES/ac/acat/Paginas/default.aspx}}</ref>

==Protected areas==
* [[Abangares River Basin Protected Zone]]
* [[Arenal-Monteverde Protected Zone]]
* [[Lomas de Barbudal Biological Reserve|Barbudal Hillocks Biological Reserve]]
* [[Cipancí Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[Madrigal Lake Wetland]]
* [[Miravalles Jorge Manuel Dengo National Park]]
* [[Miravalles Protected Zone]]
* [[Palo Verde National Park]]
* [[Taboga Forest Reserve]]
* [[Tenorio Protected Zone]]
* [[Tenorio Volcano National Park]]
* [[Zapandí Riverine Wetlands]]

== See also ==
* [[Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area]], where [[Arenal Volcano National Park]] is managed. 
* [[Curi Cancha Wildlife Refuge]], a private wildlife refuge located near the area.
* [[Alberto Manuel Brenes Biological Reserve]], previously managed in this area, now in [[Central Conservation Area]]

== References == 
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{{National parks of Costa Rica}}
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[[Category:Conservation Areas of Costa Rica]]