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Puntarenas

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Puntarenas (Pointsands, from "punta arenas", or "sand point" in Spanish) is the capital and largest city in the Province of Puntarenas, on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. [1]

29 relations: Cantons of Costa Rica, Central Time Zone, City, Coffee, Cognac, Costa Rica, Costa Rican Central Valley, Crown Princess (ship), Demonym, Duty-free shop, Esparza (canton), Gulf of Nicoya, Incorporation (business), List of sovereign states, Mayor, Monteverde, Municipality, National Liberation Party (Costa Rica), Nicoya Peninsula, Pacific Ocean, Port, Province, Puntarenas (canton), Puntarenas F.C., Puntarenas Province, San José, Costa Rica, Spanish language, Telephone numbers in Costa Rica, Tourism.

Cantons of Costa Rica

Costa Rica is administratively divided into seven provinces which are subdivided into 82 cantons, and these are further subdivided into districts.

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

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City

A city is a large human settlement.

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Coffee

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, which are the seeds of berries from the Coffea plant.

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Cognac

Cognac is a variety of brandy named after the town of Cognac, France.

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Costa Rica

Costa Rica ("Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica (República de Costa Rica), is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island.

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Costa Rican Central Valley

The Central Valley is a plateau and a geographic region of central Costa Rica.

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Crown Princess (ship)

Crown Princess is a ''Grand''-class cruise ship owned and operated by Princess Cruises.

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Demonym

A demonym (δῆμος dẽmos "people, tribe", ὄόνομα ónoma "name") is a word that identifies residents or natives of a particular place, which is derived from the name of that particular place.

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Duty-free shop

Duty-free shops (or stores) are retail outlets that are exempt from the payment of certain local or national taxes and duties, on the requirement that the goods sold will be sold to travelers who will take them out of the country.

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Esparza (canton)

Esparza is the second canton in the province of Puntarenas in Costa Rica.

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Gulf of Nicoya

The Gulf of Nicoya (Golfo de Nicoya) is an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.

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Incorporation (business)

Incorporation is the formation of a new corporation (a corporation being a legal entity that is effectively recognized as a person under the law).

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor (from the Latin maior, meaning "bigger") is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Monteverde

Monteverde, Costa Rica is a small community in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, located in the Cordillera de Tilarán.

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Municipality

A municipality is usually a single urban or administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws to which it is subordinate.

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National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)

The National Liberation Party (Partido Liberación Nacional, commonly abbreviated as PLN), nicknamed the verdiblancos ("green and whites"), is a political party in Costa Rica.

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Nicoya Peninsula

The Nicoya Peninsula is a peninsula on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.

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Port

A port is a maritime commercial facility which may comprise one or more wharves where ships may dock to load and discharge passengers and cargo.

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Province

A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state.

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Puntarenas (canton)

Puntarenas is the first canton in the province of Puntarenas in Costa Rica.

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Puntarenas F.C.

Puntarenas Fútbol Club S.A.D. is a Costa Rican football club, currently competing in the Segunda División de Costa Rica.

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Puntarenas Province

Puntarenas is a province of Costa Rica.

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San José, Costa Rica

San José (literally meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica.

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Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian, is a Western Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in Latin America and Spain.

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Telephone numbers in Costa Rica

Country Code: +506 International Call Prefix: 00 Number plan type: closed As of 2010 the government body in charge of allocations is the Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (In Spanish).

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Tourism

Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntarenas

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