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See also: district (comarca) of See also: Puntarenas, See also: Costa Rica; on the Gulf of Nicoya, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and at the western See also: terminus of the interoceanic railway from See also: Limon
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Puntarenas is the See also: principal harbour of Costa Rica on the Pacific, and a See also: port of See also: call for the See also: United States liners which ply between See also: San Francisco and See also: Panama
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It has an iron pier and ample warehouse accommodation for its large and growing export See also: trade in See also: coffee and bananas
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The district of Puntarenas comprises the entire littoral from Burica Point to the Rio de See also: las Lajas, an affluent of the Gulf of Nicoya
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