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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.
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 ...
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 ]
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.
Costa Rica (UK: / ˌ k ɒ s t ə ˈ r iː k ə /, US: / ˌ k oʊ s t ə-/ ⓘ; Spanish: [ˈkosta ˈrika]; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in the Central American region of North America.
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).
According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton. [6] As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the New Generation Party candidate, María del Rosario Siles Fernández [a], was elected mayor of the canton with 47.78% of the votes, with Jonathan Miguel Arrieta Ulloa and Javiera Tatiana Centeno Barboza as first and second vice ...
National Tertiary Route 606, or just Route 606 (Spanish: Ruta Nacional Terciaria 606, or Ruta 606) is a National Road Route of Costa Rica, located in the Guanacaste, Puntarenas provinces. [1] It is known as Carretera a Monteverde, between Route 1 in Puntarenas province and Monteverde. It is the main access road to the dairy farms and tourist ...