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Puntarenas () is a
province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
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Overview

The capital is Puntarenas. The province covers an area of , and has a population of 410,929.Resultados Generales Censo 2011
p. 22 It is subdivided into 13 cantons. For administrative purposes, the island Isla del Coco, offshore in the Pacific Ocean, is considered a part of this province. Canton (Capital): #
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...
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Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...
) # Corredores (Ciudad Neily at Corredor district) # Coto Brus ( San Vito) # Esparza (Esparza city at Espíritu Santo district) # Garabito ( Jacó) # Golfito ( Golfito) # Montes de Oro ( Miramar) # Osa ( Ciudad Cortés) # Parrita ( Parrita) # Puntarenas ( Puntarenas) # Quepos ( Quepos) #
Monteverde Monteverde is the twelfth Cantons of Costa Rica, canton of the Puntarenas Province, Puntarenas Provinces of Costa Rica, province of Costa Rica, located in the Cordillera de Tilarán (Tilarán range). Roughly a four-hour drive from the Costa Rica ...
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Monteverde Monteverde is the twelfth Cantons of Costa Rica, canton of the Puntarenas Province, Puntarenas Provinces of Costa Rica, province of Costa Rica, located in the Cordillera de Tilarán (Tilarán range). Roughly a four-hour drive from the Costa Rica ...
) # Puerto Jiménez ( Puerto Jiménez)


Notable places

* Jacó * Manuel Antonio National Park * Montezuma *
Monteverde Monteverde is the twelfth Cantons of Costa Rica, canton of the Puntarenas Province, Puntarenas Provinces of Costa Rica, province of Costa Rica, located in the Cordillera de Tilarán (Tilarán range). Roughly a four-hour drive from the Costa Rica ...
* San Lucas Island * Coto 47 * Diquís spheres * Temporary Migrant Care Center (CATEM)


References


External links


Puntarenas Province
at Costa Rican Tourism Board Provinces of Costa Rica {{Puntarenas-geo-stub