Tariaca

Tariaca was an Indigenous chiefdom on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica, between the Matina and Estrella rivers. Its settlements belonged to a region of interconnected chiefdoms extending from the coast into the forested interior. Spanish efforts to establish control met repeated resistance. In 1615 the chief Antonio Carebe led an uprising at Tariaca, one of several rebellions that challenged colonial incursions into the country known to the Spaniards as Tierra Adentro.

The later city of Limón lies here.