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This list of the National Road Network of Costa Rica contains every national route in Costa Rica. It is generated from the official maps from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Osa has an area of 1,930.24 km 2 [4] and a mean elevation of 24 metres. [2]The canton begins at the Barú River near Dominical on the central Pacific coast. It continues as a narrow strip of land southward to include the area around Palmar and Sierpe, finally widening to take in the entire neck and upper portion of the Osa Peninsula, where significant gold mining operations are located.
According to the Inter-American Development Bank, in 2019 Costa Rica had the worst road network in Latin America, due to being under maintained, and having structural defects and deterioration in around 49% of the National Primary Routes network. Other countries in the area report an average of 20% in the same metric.
National Primary Route 39, or just Route 39 (Spanish: Ruta Nacional Primaria 39, or Ruta 39) is a National Road Route of Costa Rica, located in the San José province. [2] Its official name is Paseo de la Segunda República (Second Republic Drive), is also known as Carretera de Circunvalación (Loop Road), and is an incomplete ring road encircling the central districts of San José canton, the ...
Montes de Oro has an area of 244.76 km² [4] and a mean elevation of 370 metres. [2] The mountainous canton lies in the Cordillera de Tilarán northeast of the city of Puntarenas. It is limited on the north by the Aranjuez River. The San Miguel River and Tiacinto River delineate the southern boundary.
Talamanca houses the largest indigenous population in the country (at 11,062, or 34% of the county's population), which is composed principally of the Bribri and Cabécar groups [11] (who in turn represent two of Costa Rica's eight distinct indigenous groups).
Sarchi is the cradle of the craft of Costa Rica and has many factories and shops that an important visit for tourists In Toro Amarillo is the spectacular Toro's Waterfall with an exotic hotel designed by famed Arq. Ibo Bonilla. Sarchí has an area of 120.25 km 2 [5] and a mean elevation of 1,116 metres. [2]
' Three Rivers ') is a district of the La Unión canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica. [1] [2] Its name is derived from its location at the confluence of the Tiribí, Chiquito and Cruz rivers. According to the 2011 census, Tres Ríos had a population of 9,331 inhabitants. [3] The district has an area of 2.19 km 2 [4] and an elevation ...