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PUNTARENAS, or PUNTA ARENAS

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 657 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PRE-PYR
PUNTARENAS, or PUNTA ARENAS , a seaport and
capital
  of the
district
  (comarca) of Puntarenas, Costa Rica; on the Gulf of Nicoya, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and at the western terminus of the interoceanic railway from Limon. Pop. (1904), 3569. Puntarenas is the
principal
  harbour of Costa Rica on the Pacific, and a port of
call
  for the United States liners which ply between San Francisco and Panama. It has an
iron
  pier and ample warehouse
accommodation
  for its large and growing export
trade
  in
coffee
  and bananas. The
district
  of Puntarenas comprises the entire littoral from Burica Point to the Rio de las Lajas, an affluent of the Gulf of Nicoya.


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