Coto Brus is a
canton
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Administrative division terminology
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Arts and ent ...
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
Costa Rica
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.
The head city is in
San Vito district.
History
Coto Brus was created on 10 December 1965 by decree 3598.
Geography
Coto Brus has an area of km²
and a mean elevation of metres.
The upland canton shares its eastern border with
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...
. The northern limit is high in the
Cordillera de Talamanca
The Cordillera de Talamanca is a mountain range that lies in the southeast half of Costa Rica and the far west of Panama. Much of the range and the area around it is included in La Amistad International Park, which also is shared between the two ...
, and the southwestern boundary runs through the Fila Zapote, one of many small coastal mountain ranges inland from Costa Rica's Pacific coast.
Districts
The canton of Coto Brus is subdivided into the following
districts
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:
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San Vito
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Sabalito
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Aguabuena
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Limoncito
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Pittier
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Gutiérrez Braun
Demographics
For the
2011 census, Coto Brus had a population of inhabitants.
Transportation
Road transportation
The canton is covered by the following road routes:
References
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Cantons of Puntarenas Province
Populated places in Puntarenas Province