Puntarenas

9.9763888888889 - 84.839444444444Koordinaten: 9 ° 59 'N, 84 ° 50 ' W

Puntarenas is a port city in the west of the Central American country Costa Rica. Puntarenas is the most important port on the Pacific coast of the country and counts 40,000 inhabitants ( 2001). The city is located at the entrance to the Gulf of Nicoya, opposite the Nicoya Peninsula on a narrow spit of land.

Since the setting of the railways in the 1980s Puntarenas was only connected to by road with the city of San Jose. However, a passenger pair from the capital San Jose was reactivated down to the Pacific to Puntarenas few years ago then. This a pair of trains transported on Sundays trippers from the metropolitan area of San Jose on the Pacific, which is still a popular family outing, for which the railway is irreplaceable. This ride will take about 4 hours in the morning to Puntarenas, evening back to San Jose. These trips must be booked in advance.

Puntarenas is the capital of the Costa Rican province of Puntarenas.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Rónald Gómez ( born 1975 ), Costa Rican football player

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• Place in Costa Rica
• Provincial capital in Costa Rica
• Province of Puntarenas