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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 .
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 is at the city of Rincon. The bay separates the Osa Peninsula from the mainland Costa Rica. [1]
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).
Bahía Drake. Bahía Drake (Drake Bay; Spanish pronunciation:) is a small bay on the north side of the Osa Peninsula on the coast of southwestern Costa Rica.. This bay is believed to be a port used by Sir Francis Drake during his raids on the Spanish Main in the 16th century and the location of one of the British pirate's fabled hidden treasures.
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Rail transport in Costa Rica is primarily under the stewardship of Incofer (Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles), an autonomous institution of the state. Incofer owns the national railway infrastructure and operates virtually all freight and passenger services, which consist primarily of commuter trains through the highly populated Central ...