Golfito is a canton in the

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province of

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. The head city is in

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 an ...

district.

History

Golfito was created on 10 June 1949 by decree 532.

Geography

Golfito has an area of km² and a mean elevation of metres. The canton encompasses the southernmost Pacific coast of Costa Rica, north from Punta Gorda Hill at the

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border. It includes non-contiguous land on both sides of the Golfo Dulce and the entire southern portion of the

Osa Peninsula The Osa Peninsula () is a peninsula located in southwestern Costa Rica, in the Puntarenas Province, with the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Gulf of Dulce, Golfo Dulce to the east. The peninsula was formed geologically by a Geologic fault, faul ...

Districts

The canton of Golfito is subdivided into the following

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: *

* Guaycará * Pavón

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was the second district of the canton, which was segregated to become

canton on 8 April 2022.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Golfito had a population of inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

References

Cantons of Puntarenas Province Populated places in Puntarenas Province {{Puntarenas-geo-stub