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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. [1] [2]
History. Golfito was created on 10 June 1949 by decree 532. Geography. Golfito has an area of 1,753.96 km² and a mean elevation of 24 metres.. The canton encompasses the southernmost Pacific coast of Costa Rica, north from Punta Gorda Hill at the Panama border.
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 .
Golfito Mixed Wildlife Refuge (Spanish: Refugio de Vida Silvestre Mixto Golfito), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Osa Conservation Area, it was created in 1986 by decree 16912-MAG. [1] [2]
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 Aviation (DGAC).
Costa Rica: Province: Puntarenas: Canton: Golfito: Creation: 26 November 1971: Area • Total: 323.11 km 2 (124.75 sq mi) Elevation. 50 m (160 ft) Population
It is found in the Puntarenas Province of southern Costa Rica near the town of La Gamba. It protects rainforests and beaches near the Golfo Dulce on the Pacific Coast. It used to operate as part of the Corcovado National Park called the Esquinas Sector from 1991 before becoming a separate park in 1999. Until the mid-1990s, much of the forest in ...
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