Puntarenas is a canton in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. The head city is Puntarenas.
History Puntarenas was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167.
Geography Puntarenas has an area of and a mean elevation of metres.
The canton includes areas on both sides of the Gulf of Nicoya and the island Isla del Coco. The southern portion of the Nicoya Peninsula is also in the canton, including the popular tourist areas of Tambor, Montezuma and Malpais.
Districts The canton of Puntarenas is subdivided into the following districts: Puntarenas Pitahaya Chomes Lepanto Paquera Manzanillo Guacimal Barranca Isla del Coco Cóbano Chacarita Chira Acapulco El Roble Arancibia
Monte Verde was the ninth district of the canton, on 29 September 2021 it was segregated to become a canton on its own, the Monteverde canton, the twelfth of Puntarenas province and eighty third of the country.
Demographics
For the 2011 census, Puntarenas had a population of inhabitants.
Transportation Road transportation The canton is covered by the following road routes:
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