Puntarenas Canton

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Puntarenas Canton is a coastal administrative division in Costa Rica known for its port city, beaches, and role as a gateway to Pacific tourism destinations.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Puntarenas 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
canton
administrativeCenter Puntarenas city NERFINISHED
belongsToAdministrativeHierarchyLevel second-level subdivision of Costa Rica
borderedBy Pacific Ocean
other cantons of Puntarenas Province
capital Puntarenas NERFINISHED
contains Puntarenas NERFINISHED
country Costa Rica
countryCapitalOfProvince Puntarenas Province NERFINISHED
governedBy municipal government of Puntarenas NERFINISHED
governingCountry Republic of Costa Rica NERFINISHED
hasActivity cruise tourism
maritime trade
hasClimate tropical climate
hasCoastalEnvironment beaches and mangroves
hasCoastlineOn Gulf of Nicoya NERFINISHED
hasEconomicActivity fishing
port services
tourism
hasFeature beaches
port city
hasGeographicalCharacteristic coastal location
lowland terrain
hasPortFunction commercial shipping
passenger transport
hasPortStatus major Pacific port of Costa Rica
hasSector rural coastal communities
urban areas
hasTransportInfrastructure ferry connections in Gulf of Nicoya
seaport
isSubdivisionOf Costa Rica NERFINISHED
isTourismGatewayFor Nicoya Peninsula NERFINISHED
Pacific coast of Costa Rica
languageUsed Spanish
locatedIn Puntarenas Province NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Standard Time
locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
officialNameLanguage Spanish
partOf Central Pacific region of Costa Rica NERFINISHED
role gateway to Pacific tourism destinations
tourismAttractionType beach tourism
marine tourism
UTCOffset −06:00

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Puntarenas Province contains Puntarenas Canton
Puntarenas Province hasMajorPort Puntarenas Canton
this entity surface form: Puntarenas