Buenos Aires is a

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in the

Puntarenas Puntarenas () is a city in the Puntarenas (canton), Puntarenas canton of Puntarenas Province, on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. As the seat of the Municipality of Puntarenas canton, it is awarded the title of city, which is made from the Puntar ...

province of

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. The head city is in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

district.

History

A law of 26 June 1914, created a canton by the name of "De Osa". This new entity encompassed much of the national territory of southernmost Costa Rica. Buenos Aires was created on 29 July 1940 by decree 185, segregated from "De Osa". The remaining territorial extension is now Osa canton.

Geography

Buenos Aires has an area of km² and a mean elevation of metres. The canton includes a portion of the

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along its northeastern border. The valleys of the General River, Coto Brus River and

Térraba River Térraba River (Spanish: ''Río Grande de Térraba''), in the southern Brunca region of Costa Rica, is the largest river in that country. The indigenous Boruca language name is ''Diquís'' which means "great river". Its basin is and it is lo ...

form the core of the canton, and coastal mountain ranges set the limits on the southeast side.

Districts

The canton of Buenos Aires is subdivided into the following

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# Pilas # Colinas # Chánguena # Briolley # Brunka

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Buenos Aires 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 {{CostaRica-geo-stub