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Puntarenas Province

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Country
  
Costa Rica

ISO 3166 code
  
CR-P

Capital
  
Puntarenas

Team
  
Puntarenas F.C.

Largest city
  
Puntarenas

Area
  
11,266 km²

Population
  
410,929 (2011)

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Capital city
  
Puntarenas (pop. 102,504)

University
  
Universidad Metropolitana Castro Carazo

Points of interest
  
Manuel Antonio National, Monteverde Cloud Forest Re, Corcovado National Park, Marino Ballena National, Hermosa Beach

Destinations
  
Monteverde, Manuel Antonio National, Corcovado National Park, Jacó, Quepos

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Puntarenas ([puntaˈɾenas]) is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the western part of the country, covering most of Costa Rica's Pacific Ocean coast, and it is the largest province in Costa Rica. Clockwise from the northwest it borders on the provinces Guanacaste, Alajuela, San José and Limón, and the neighbouring country of Panama.

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Map of Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica

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Overview

The capital is Puntarenas. The province covers an area of 11,266 square kilometres (4,350 sq mi), and has a population of 410,929. It is subdivided into eleven cantons. For administrative purposes, the island Isla del Coco, 500 kilometres (310 mi) offshore in the Pacific Ocean, is considered a part of this province.

Canton (Capital):

  1. Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires)
  2. Corredores (Ciudad Neily)
  3. Coto Brus (San Vito)
  4. Esparza (Esparza)
  5. Garabito (Jacó)
  6. Golfito (Golfito)
  7. Montes de Oro (Miramar)
  8. Osa (Ciudad Cortés)
  9. Parrita (Parrita)
  10. Puntarenas (Puntarenas)
  11. Quepos (Quepos)

Notable places

  • Jacó
  • Manuel Antonio National Park
  • Montezuma
  • Monteverde
  • San Lucas Island
  • La Casona Ngäbe Buglé indigenas.

    References

    Puntarenas Province Wikipedia