Golfito

Golfito is a port town in . It's across from the Osa Peninsula on the Golfo Dulce. Golfito has long been known to surfers as the gateway to , just to the south, and to sport fishermen as the year-round sport fishing destination.
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  • Type: Town with 10,000 residents
  • Description: district in Golfito canton, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica
  • Also known as: “distritu de Golfito”, “Golfita”, “Golfito de Golfito”, and “Puerto Golfito”
  • Postal code: 60701

Places of Interest

Highlights: Golfito Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport serving Golfito, a port…

Golfito

Latitude
8.6395° or 8° 38′ 22″ north
Longitude
-83.1692° or 83° 10′ 9″ west
Population
10,000
Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)
IATA airport code
GLF
UN/LOCODE
CR GLF
Open location code
66WRJRQJ+R8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2600824342
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3623656
Wiki­data ID
Q949409
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Golfito” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Golfito”
  • Catalan: “Golfito”
  • Cebuano: “Golfito”
  • Chinese: “戈爾菲托區”
  • Dutch: “Golfito”
  • French: “Golfito”
  • German: “Golfito”
  • Italian: “Golfito”
  • Japanese: “ゴルフィート”
  • Kotava: “Golfito”
  • Lithuanian: “Golfitas”
  • Nauru: “Golfito”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Golfito”
  • Norwegian: “Golfito”
  • Polish: “Golfito”
  • Romanian: “Golfito”
  • Spanish: “Golfito”
  • Swedish: “Golfito”
  • Ukrainian: “Гольфіто”
  • Urdu: “گولفیٹو”

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