Puntarenas Province

Puntarenas
Province
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Coordinates: 9°58′N 84°50′W / 9.967°N 84.833°WCoordinates: 9°58′N 84°50′W / 9.967°N 84.833°W
Country	Costa Rica
Capital city	Puntarenas (pop. 102,504)
Largest city	Puntarenas
Area
• Total	11,266 km^2 (4,350 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	410,929
• Density	36/km^2 (94/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	CR-P

Puntarenas 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.

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.^[1] 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

The Port of Caldera, located in the Puntarenas province, is Costa Rica's main port in the Pacific coast.

La Casona Ngäbe Buglé indigenas.

References

1. Resultados Generales Censo 2011 p. 22

External links

Media related to Puntarenas Province at Wikimedia Commons