Puntarenas () is a

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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 11 cantons. For administrative purposes, the island Isla del Coco, offshore in the Pacific Ocean, is considered a part of this province. Canton (Capital): #

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) # Corredores (Ciudad Neily at Corredor district) # Coto Brus ( San Vito) # Esparza (Esparza city at Espíritu Santo district) #

Garabito Garabito is a canton in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. The head city is in Jacó district. History Garabito was created on 25 September 1980 by decree 6512. Geography Garabito has an area of km2 and a mean elevation of metres. Th ...

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Golfito Golfito is a district and port town of the Golfito canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica, located on the southern Pacific Coast, near the border of Panama. Toponymy Literally translated as 'little gulf'. Geography Golfito has a ...

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) # Montes de Oro ( Miramar) #

Osa Osa or OSA may refer to: Places * Osa Peninsula, a peninsula in Costa Rica * Osa (canton), a canton in the province of Puntarenas in Costa Rica * Osa Conservation Area, an administrative area in Costa Rica * Osa, India, a village in Allahabad, ...

( Ciudad Cortés) #

Parrita Parrita is a canton and its only district in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. Toponymy The origin of the name, it is said, has to do with a woman named Rita who lived in one of the original settlements. Rita had a business and received pac ...

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) # Puntarenas ( Puntarenas) #

Quepos Quepos () is a districts of Costa Rica, district of the canton of Quepos (canton), Quepos, in the province of Puntarenas Province, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Toponymy The town is named for the native Quepo Indians who inhabited the place in the colo ...

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) # Monteverde ( Monteverde) #

Puerto Jiménez Puerto Jiménez is the thirteenth canton of the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. It is located in the Osa Peninsula next to the Golfo Dulce and the Pacific Ocean, it is the main gateway to the Corcovado National Park. History As a distric ...

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Notable places

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Manuel Antonio National Park Manuel Antonio National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio) is a small national park in the Central Pacific Conservation Area located on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, just south of the city of Quepos, Puntarenas Province, Puntarenas, and ...

* Montezuma * Monteverde * San Lucas Island *

Coto 47 Coto 47 is a city in the province of Puntarenas, Costa Rica. The city is located near the Costa Rica-Panama border. Education There is one school in the city, the ''Central Coto 47 School''. Transportation The city is served by Coto 47 Airport ...

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Provinces of Costa Rica {{CostaRica-geo-stub