Puntarenas

Puntarenas is a canton in the province of . The head city is .
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  • Type: canton of Costa Rica with 115,000 residents
  • Description: canton in Puntarenas province, Costa Rica
  • Also known as: Cantón Puntarenas” and “Puntarenas Canton

Places of Interest

Highlights include Estadio Lito Pérez and Puntarenas.

Stadium
Photo: 7C7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Estadio Municipal de Puntarenas Miguel Ángel "Lito" Pérez Treacy is a multi-use in , , . It is nicknamed “La Olla Mágica” due to the warm weather that is common in the stadium.

Aerodrome
Chacarita Airport is an airport serving the town of Chacarita in , . Chacarita is on the Pacific coast at the base of the Puntarenas peninsula, just east of city. is situated 4½ km east of Puntarenas.

Puntarenas

Latitude
9.981° or 9° 58′ 52″ north
Longitude
-84.8134° or 84° 48′ 48″ west
Population
115,000
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
66XQX5JP+CJ
Geo­Names ID
3622227
Wiki­data ID
Q2610390
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Puntarenas” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بونتاريناس
  • Asturian: cantón de Puntarenas
  • Asturian: Puntarenas
  • Catalan: Puntarenas
  • Cebuano: Cantón Central de Puntarenas
  • Chinese: Puntarenas Kūn
  • Chinese: 蓬塔雷納斯縣
  • Dutch: Puntarenas
  • French: Puntarenas
  • Italian: cantone di Puntarenas
  • Italian: Cantone di Puntarenas
  • Min Nan Chinese: Puntarenas Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Puntarenas
  • Norwegian: Puntarenas
  • Russian: Пунтаренас
  • Slovenian: Cantón de Puntarenas
  • Slovenian: Kanton Puntarenas
  • Spanish: Cantón de Puntarenas
  • Spanish: Puntarenas
  • Swedish: Cantón Central de Puntarenas
  • Swedish: Puntarenas
  • Vietnamese: Puntarenas

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Puntarenas”. Photo: Henry Zbyszynski, CC BY 2.0.