Cóbano is a

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of the

Puntarenas Puntarenas () is a city in the 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 comprises the Puntarenas, Chacarita and El Roble districts. A ...

canton, in the

province of

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History

During the colonial period the entire

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 in width and is about lon ...

was administratively part of the Partido de Nicoya (nowadays Guanacaste), it was at the beginning of the 20th century that President

Alfredo González Flores Alfredo González Flores (15 June 1877 - 28 December 1962), served as President (government title), President of Costa Rica from 1914 to 1917. He was unable to complete his presidential mandate following a 1917 Costa Rican coup d'état, coup d'� ...

signed a decree that transferred the administration of Lepanto along with Paquera and Cóbano (towns in the extreme south of the Nicoya peninsula) to the province of Puntarenas. This was because 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

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allows rapid land communication with Guanacaste, in addition they argue that the word Guanacaste is internationally associated with

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and that therefore probably the beaches of the south of the peninsula are more visited by foreign tourists. Cóbano was created a separate district on 4 August 1971 by Decreto Ejecutivo 1897-G, segregating from the Paquera District.

Geography

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

Demographics

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

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes: * CR RNS 160

National Route 160 * CR RNT 624

National Route 624

References

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