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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 .
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.
Bahía Drake. Coordinates: 8°42′N 83°40′W. Bahía Drake. Bahía Drake (Drake Bay; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdɾake]) 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Map of Costa Rica. This is a list of airports in Costa Rica, sorted by location.. Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Caribbean Sea to the east.
Coordinates: 8.55°N 83.5°W. Osa Peninsula seen from space. The Osa Peninsula (Spanish: Península de Osa) is a peninsula located in southwestern Costa Rica, in the Puntarenas Province, with the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Golfo Dulce to the east. The peninsula was formed geologically by a faulting system that extends north into California.