Puntarenas is a canton in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. The head city is Puntarenas.
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History
Puntarenas was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167.
Geography
Puntarenas has an area of 1,842.33 km2 (711.33 sq mi) and a mean elevation of 169 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 115,019 inhabitants.
Transportation
Road transportation
The canton is covered by the following road routes: