Puntarenas is a
canton 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
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 ...
.
History
Puntarenas was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167.
Geography
Puntarenas has an area of km²
and a mean elevation of metres.
The canton includes areas on both sides of the
Gulf of Nicoya
The Gulf of Nicoya ( es, Golfo de Nicoya) is an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. It separates the Nicoya Peninsula from the mainland of Costa Rica, and encompasses a marine and coastal landscape of wetlands, rocky islands and cliffs.
The first Spanish ...
. The southern portion of the
Nicoya Peninsula
The Nicoya Peninsula () is a peninsula on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It is divided into two provinces: Guanacaste Province in the north, and the Puntarenas Province in the south. It is located at . It varies from 19 to wide and is approx ...
is also in the canton, including the popular tourist areas of
Tambor,
Montezuma and
Malpais.
Districts
The canton of Puntarenas is subdivided into the following
districts
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:
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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 ...
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Pitahaya
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Chomes
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Lepanto
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Paquera
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Manzanillo
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Guacimal
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Barranca
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Isla del Coco
Cocos Island ( es, Isla del Coco) is an island in the Pacific Ocean administered by Costa Rica, approximately southwest of the Costa Rican mainland. It constitutes the 11th of the 13 districts of Puntarenas Canton of the Province of Puntarena ...
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Cóbano
Cóbano 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 th ...
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Chacarita
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Chira
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Acapulco
Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco ( , also , nah, Acapolco), is a city and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semicircular bay and has bee ...
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El Roble
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Arancibia
Monte Verde
Monte Verde is an archaeological site in the Llanquihue Province in southern Chile, located near Puerto Montt, Southern Chile, which has been dated to as early as 18,500 cal BP (16,500 BC). Previously, the widely accepted date for early occu ...
was the ninth district of the canton, on 29 September 2021 it was segregated to become a canton on its own, the
Monteverde canton, the twelfth of Puntarenas province and eighty third of the country.
Demographics
For the
2011 census, Puntarenas 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
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