[1] Puntarenas has an area of 1,842.33 km²[4] and a mean elevation of 169 metres.

[2] 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.

For the 2011 census, Puntarenas had a population of 115,019 inhabitants.

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