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Quepos has an area of 235.81 km² [3] and an elevation of 5 metres. [ 1 ] The town is about 60 km. south (in a straight line) from Costa Rica's capital, San José , but is 157 km from that city by road if going through the localities of Atenas , Orotina and Tárcoles .
The canton lies along the central Pacific coast between the mouths of the Damas and Barú rivers. The northeastern border runs through high, remote coastal mountain ranges. The county is most famous for being the home of the Manuel Antonio National Park, the most visited national park in Costa Rica.
The capital is Puntarenas.The province covers an area of 11,266 square kilometres (4,350 sq mi), and has a population of 410,929. [2] It is subdivided into 11 cantons.For administrative purposes, the island Isla del Coco, 500 kilometres (310 mi) offshore in the Pacific Ocean, is considered a part of this province.
Puntarenas has an area of 1,842.33 km² [4] and a mean elevation of 169 metres. [2]The canton includes areas on both sides of the Gulf of Nicoya.The southern portion of the Nicoya Peninsula is also in the canton, including the popular tourist areas of Tambor, Montezuma and Malpais.
English: Blank map of Costa Rica for geo-location purpose. Note: The Isla del Coco, out of the map, is not shown. Scale: 1:1,856,000 (accuracy: 464 m). Equirectangular projection centered on 9°30'N – 84°15'W, WGS84 datum
Naranjito district location in Costa Rica. ... Quepos: Creation: 11 August 1971: Area • Total. 104.68 km 2 (40.42 sq mi) Elevation. 95 m (312 ft) Population
Manuel Antonio National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio) is a small national park in the Central Pacific Conservation Area located on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, just south of the city of Quepos, Puntarenas, and 157 km (98 mi) from the national capital of San José. It was established in 1972, when the local community sought ...
The Camino de Costa Rica (Way of Costa Rica) is a 280 kilometres (170 miles) long hiking trail across Costa Rica.It runs from the Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean coast), the southernmost part of the Tortuguero canals, up the mountain and through indigenous territory near the Barbilla National Park and through valleys and mountain ranges of the central region of the country, just south of the ...