Puntarenas Province
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Puntarenas (Template:IPA) 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 Template:Convert, and has a population of 410,929.<ref>Resultados Generales Censo 2011 Template:Webarchive p. 22</ref> It is subdivided into 13 cantons. For administrative purposes, the island Isla del Coco, Template:Convert offshore in the Pacific Ocean, is considered a part of this province.
Canton (Capital):
- Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires)
- Corredores (Ciudad Neily at Corredor district)
- Coto Brus (San Vito)
- Esparza (Esparza city at Espíritu Santo district)
- Garabito (Jacó)
- Golfito (Golfito)
- Montes de Oro (Miramar)
- Osa (Ciudad Cortés)
- Parrita (Parrita)
- Puntarenas (Puntarenas)
- Quepos (Quepos)
- Monteverde (Monteverde)
- Puerto Jiménez (Puerto Jiménez)
Notable places
- Jacó
- Manuel Antonio National Park
- Montezuma
- Monteverde
- San Lucas Island
- Coto 47
- Diquís spheres
- Temporary Migrant Care Center (CATEM)
