Puntarenas is a canton in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. The head city is Puntarenas. Puntarenas was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167....
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Puntarenas is a district of the Puntarenas canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. Puntarenas has an area of 34.6 km2 and an elevation of 4...
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Puerto Jiménez (category Cantons of Puntarenas Province)
Puerto Jiménez is the thirteenth canton of the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. It is located in the Osa Peninsula next to the Golfo Dulce and the Pacific...
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Monteverde (category Cantons of Puntarenas Province)
Monteverde is the twelfth canton of the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica, located in the Cordillera de Tilarán (Tilarán range). Roughly a four-hour drive...
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"tropical rainforest 9 km northern of Ciudad Neily in southeastern Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica." Campbell and Lamar (2004) describe its range as southwestern...
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Cóbano (category Districts of Puntarenas Province)
Cóbano is a district of the Puntarenas canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. During the colonial period the entire Nicoya Peninsula was administratively...
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Esparza (canton) (category Cantons of Puntarenas Province)
jurisdiction of the region of Puntarenas. On 21 March 1834, by Law 59, it was decided to transfer the port of Puntarenas to Caldera. On 26 February 1840...
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Jacó, Costa Rica (category Districts of Puntarenas Province)
pronunciation: [xa'ko]) is a district of the Garabito canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. Jacó has a black sand beach that is 4 km (2.5 mi)...
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Cocos Island (category Districts of Puntarenas Province)
mainland. It constitutes the 11th of the 15 districts of Puntarenas Canton of the Province of Puntarenas. With an area of approximately 23.85 km2 (9.21 sq mi)...
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Chira Island (category Districts of Puntarenas Province)
at the upper end of the Gulf of Nicoya, belonging to the Puntarenas canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. Chira district was created on 28...
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