landowners. The large cattle ranches were almost all from the Tempisque River to Nicaragua, while the land was more divided between the passage from Diriá to Nicoya. These differences would later be reflected in the result of the vote in the open meeting of July 25, 1824. The annexation On March 3, 1824, the government of the State of Costa Rica officially proposed to the municipality of Nicoya its voluntary incorporation into the country, by means of a document inviting her "if it was convenient to meet her Province without opposing wills". On July 4, an open town council was convened in Nicoya to discuss the matter, but attendees declined the invitation on the grounds that "this Party ... can not be a dissident." On July 25, 1824, a second plebiscite was called in the city of Nicoya. After the deliberation, the incorporation into Costa Rica was decided on in the open meeting, drawing up an act in which the main reasons for the same are noted, pointing out the advantages in terms of trade, the desire to participate in the advances that are felt in Costa Rica. Costa Rica, the economic, administrative and public service benefits, the creation of schools, security and quietness, referring to the state of war that Nicaragua lived at that time and the fear that it would spread to the populations of the Party, in addition to point out the indigence in which the towns of the same one and the own geography of the territory are like justifications for the union. Three days later, another similar plebiscite was held in Santa Cruz, with the same result. The election was by majority vote, with 77% of the Party's population in favor of incorporation, and 23% contrary to it. The town of Guanacaste was the only one that declined the annexation, due to the links that its inhabitants had with the city of Rivas, Nicaragua. Annexion Act The Act of Annexation of the Party of Nicoya to Costa Rica is a document signed on July 25, 1824. This document summarizes the aspirations and aspirations of all kinds of the people of the party, who, with a closed economy and common needs, believed solve them by taking the step of incorporating their communities to Costa Rica. The signatories of the act record in it as justification to the decision taken the following prerogatives: Advantages derived from free