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Puerto Viejo de Talamanca is a coastal town in Talamanca in Limón Province in southeastern Costa Rica, known simply as Puerto Viejo to locals. [1] The town was originally called Old Harbour until the Costa Rican government institutionalized Spanish as the national language and changed the names of the towns and landmarks in the area from English to Spanish or Native American.
Puerto Viejo (Spanish for "Old Port" or "Old Harbor") can refer to two towns in Costa Rica: Puerto Viejo de Talamanca; Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí ...
Talamanca has an area of 2,809.93 km 2 [4] and a mean elevation of 29 metres. [2] The county is noted for its beautiful beaches, especially in Cahuita and Puerto Viejo, which are popular tourist locations. Talamanca contains one of Costa Rica's three official border-crossing points with Panama, the Sixaola-Guabito crossing.
Puerto Viejo has an area of 428.17 km 2 [3] and an elevation of 37 metres. [1] The zone is of flat topography and is furrowed with mighty rivers of rambling course, the main one being the Sucio River. It is located in the northern region of the country.
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Project Talamanca [26] provides free medical and dental care to the Bribri and Cabécar people of Talamanca, in cooperation with the CCSS (Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social [27]) and local tribal organizations. Under the direction of the founder, Dr. Peter S. Aborn DDS, groups of professional and student volunteers treat patients in week-long ...
It is located in the Talamanca-Caribe biological corridor that covers about 36,000 hectares in the canton of Talamanca, Limón Province. Since 1994, the reserve is run by the Kéköldi Wak ka Köneke Association (Kéköldi Land Carers), which works to preserve indigenous culture and purchase additional land to reforest and conserve. [ 4 ]
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