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Puntarenas (Centro)[District 1], which means "Sandy Point" in Spanish, is the capital and main city in the province Puntarenas, Costa Rica, at the Pacific coast. The homonymous and oddly shaped province has its largest section in the South, far from the capital.

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List of cities in Costa Rica

Below is a list of cities in Costa Rica San José Limón Alajuela San Francisco Desamparados Liberia Puntarenas...

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Provinces of Costa Rica

Costa Rica consists of seven provinces: Alajuela (central; north of capital San José) Cartago Guanacaste (north-west) Heredia Limón Puntarenas (south-west) San José (Area around capital...

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Puntarenas province

Puntarenas is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the western part of the country... Puntarenas. The province covers an area of 11,266 km², and has a population of 357,483 (2000). It...) Puntarenas (Puntarenas...

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Alajuela province

Alajuela is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the north-central part of the country, bordering Nicaragua to the north, and clockwise the provinces Heredia, San José, Puntarenas and Guanacaste. The capital is Alajuela. The province covers an area of 9,754 km², and has a population of...

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Limón province

Limón is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the eastern part of the country at the coat of the Atlantic Ocean. It borders from the south clockwise the country Panama, the provinces Puntarenas, San José, Cartago and Heredia, and the country Nicaragua. The capital is Puerto Limón. The...

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Transportation in Costa Rica

, Puerto Quepos, Puntarenas Merchant marine: none (1999 est.) Airports: 155 (1999 est.) Airports - with...

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Juan Rafael Mora Porras

1860 Place of death: Puntarenas Party: Juan Rafael Mora Porras was President of Costa... port of Puntarenas, he was defeated, captured, and, on 30 September 1860, brought before a firing squad...

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Guanacaste province

Guanacaste is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the northwestern part of the country, at the coast to the Pacific Ocean. To the north it borders Nicaragua, to the west is the province Alajuela, to the south-east is the province Puntarenas. The capital is Liberia. The province covers...

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Elizabeth Odio Benito

administration of justice and human rights, in particular the rights of women. Although born in Puntarenas...

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Politics of Costa Rica

, singular - provincia); Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limón, Puntarenas, San José Independence...

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