
Puntarenas (Pointsands, from `punta arenas`, or `sand point` in Spanish) is the capital and largest city in the Province of Puntarenas, on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. The eponymous and oddly shaped province has its largest section in the South, far from the capital. ==Overview== Some 100,000 live in the city and close towns.{Citation need...
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[canton] Puntarenas is the name of the first canton in the province of Puntarenas in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 1,842.33 km², and has a population of 109,798. The provincial capital is the city of Puntarenas. The canton includes areas on both sides of the Gulf of Nicoya. From the western coastline, the canton ranges eastward ...
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city and port, western Costa Rica. It is located on a long spit of land protruding into the Gulf of Nicoya and enclosing Estero Lagoon. First known ...
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a seaport in W Costa Rica. 30,664.
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