| Puntarenas | |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | Canton |
| Image Of Map: | Costa Rica - Puntarenas - Puntarenas.svg |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Puntarenas canton location in Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Puntarenas canton location in Costa Rica |
| Map Alt: | Puntarenas canton |
| Established Title: | Creation |
| Established Date: | 7 December 1848[1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Puntarenas |
| Seat Type: | Head city |
| Seat: | Puntarenas |
| Government Type: | Municipality |
| Governing Body: | Spanish; Castilian: Municipalidad de Puntarenas |
| Parts Type: | Districts |
| Parts Style: | list |
| Parts: | Districts |
| P1: | Puntarenas |
| P2: | Pitahaya |
| P3: | Chomes |
| P4: | Lepanto |
| P5: | Paquera |
| P6: | Manzanillo |
| P7: | Guacimal |
| P8: | Barranca |
| P9: | Isla del Coco |
| P10: | Cóbano |
| P11: | Chacarita |
| P12: | Chira |
| P13: | Acapulco |
| P14: | El Roble |
| P15: | Arancibia |
| Area Total Km2: | 1842.33 |
| Elevation M: | 169 |
| Population Total: | 115019 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name: | Canton code |
| Blank Info: | 601 |
Puntarenas is a canton in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.[2] [3] The head city is Puntarenas.
Puntarenas was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167.
Puntarenas has an area of km²[4] and a mean elevation of metres.
The canton includes areas on both sides of the Gulf of Nicoya. The southern portion of the Nicoya Peninsula is also in the canton, including the popular tourist areas of Tambor, Montezuma and Malpais.
The canton of Puntarenas is subdivided into the following districts:
Monte Verde was the ninth district of the canton, on 29 September 2021 it was segregated to become a canton on its own, the Monteverde canton, the twelfth of Puntarenas province and eighty third of the country.
For the 2011 census, Puntarenas had a population of inhabitants.[5]
The canton is covered by the following road routes: