Lepanto is a district of the Puntarenas canton, in the Puntarenas province of

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History

During the colonial period the entire Nicoya peninsula was administratively part of the

Partido de Nicoya The Partido de Nicoya was a major part of what is now the Guanacaste province in Costa Rica. Originally the territory was bounded on the northeast by the La Flor river and Lake Cocibolca, or Lake Nicaragua, on the south by Costa Rica (Gulf of Nic ...

(nowadays Guanacaste), it was at the beginning of the

20th century The 20th (twentieth) century began on January 1, 1901 ( MCMI), and ended on December 31, 2000 ( MM). The 20th century was dominated by significant events that defined the modern era: Spanish flu pandemic, World War I and World War II, nuclear ...

that President

Alfredo González Flores Alfredo González Flores served as President of Costa Rica from 1914 to 1917. He was unable to complete his presidential mandate following a coup d'état on 27 January 1917, led by Federico Tinoco, his secretary for War and the Navy. González ...

signed a decree that transferred the administration of Lepanto along with

Paquera Paquera is a district of the Puntarenas canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. History During the colonial period the entire Nicoya peninsula was administratively part of the Partido de Nicoya (nowadays Guanacaste), it was at the ...

and Cóbano (towns in the extreme south of the Nicoya peninsula) to the province of Puntarenas. This was due to the fact that at that time it was faster to reach Paquera by sea by boat from Puntarenas, than by the existing land routes to Nicoya. At present there is a certain political impulse in Guanacaste to administratively reincorporate the entire Nicoya peninsula into the province of Guanacaste, arguing that the Inter-American Highway allows rapid land communication with Guanacaste, in addition they argue that the word Guanacaste is internationally associated with tourism and that therefore probably the beaches of the south of the peninsula are more visited by foreign tourists.

Geography

Lepanto has an area of km² and an elevation of metres.

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Lepanto had a population of inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes: * CR RNP 21

National Route 21 * CR RNS 163

National Route 163 * CR RNT 623

National Route 623

References

Districts of Puntarenas Province Populated places in Puntarenas Province {{CostaRica-geo-stub