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Postal code. 60701. Another view of Golfito bay from the road between the southern and middle sections of town, with the same peninsula as in the above photograph in the center. Golfito is a district and port town of the Golfito canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica, located on the southern Pacific Coast, near the border of Panama ...
Golfito has an area of 1,753.96 km² [4] and a mean elevation of 24 metres. [2] The canton encompasses the southernmost Pacific coast of Costa Rica, north from Punta Gorda Hill at the Panama border. It includes non-contiguous land on both sides of the Golfo Dulce and the entire southern portion of the Osa Peninsula .
Coordinates. 8°35′00″N 83°16′00″W / 8.58333°N 83.26667°W / 8.58333; -83.26667. Golfo Dulce (English: Sweet Gulf) is a gulf in Costa Rica, located at the south of the Province of Puntarenas. The inlet starts on the Pacific Ocean side of Costa Rica and extends slightly northward before turning west. The most westward part ...
Population. (2022) • Total. 12,836. • Density. 18/km 2 (46/sq mi) Time zone. UTC−06:00. Puerto Jiménez is the thirteenth canton of the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. [1][2][3] It is located in the Osa Peninsula next to the Golfo Dulce and the Pacific Ocean, it is the main gateway to the Corcovado National Park.
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Golfito Airport. / 8.65389°N 83.18194°W / 8.65389; -83.18194. Golfito Airport ( IATA: GLF, ICAO: MRGF) is an airport serving Golfito, a port town on the northwest end of Golfito Bay, an inlet off the Gulf of Dulce in the Puntarenas Province of Costa Rica. The airport is owned and managed by the country's Directorate General of Civil ...
Overview. The Constitution of Costa Rica states, "For Public Administration purposes, the national territory is divided into provinces, these into cantons and cantons into districts." The country consists of 7 provinces (provincias), 84 cantons (cantones), and 489 districts (distritos). [2]
The geology of Costa Rica is part of the Panama Microplate, which is slowly moving north relative to the stable Caribbean Plate. [1] [2] In the late Cretaceous, an oceanic trench or backarc system formed in connection with a subduction zone, situated where the Isthmus of Panama is now located. Into the early Paleogene, deep sea, open ocean ...