The Brunca Region is one of six socioeconomic regions in

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

. "Provinces of Costa Rica ".
''Statoids.'' (retrieved 29 Nov 2011) It has a varied landscape, ranging from the coasts to interior mountains. This region is bordered by

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to the east, the

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to the south and west. The Brunca Region consists of the cantons of Osa,

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 ...

, Corredores, Coto, and

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in the provinces of

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 ...

and Perez Zeledon in the

San José Province San José () is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the central part of the country, and borders (clockwise beginning in the north) the provinces of Alajuela, Heredia, Limón, Cartago and Puntarenas. The provincial and national capital ...

. The area of the Brunca Region is 9,528 square kilometers (3,679 square miles). As of 1997, the region was estimated to have a population of 320,863 people. The name "Brunca" comes from the

Brunca people The Boruca (also known as the Brunca or the Brunka) are the indigenous people living in Costa Rica. The tribe has about 2,660 members, most living on a reservation in the Puntarenas Province in southwestern Costa Rica, a few miles away from ...

, who are indigenous to Costa Rica.

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