Parrita Canton

Also known as Parrita

Parrita is a canton and its only district in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Parrita Canton is referenced by 186 other articles, and connects out to Monteverde Canton, Costa Rica and time zone.

The entry is geolocated on the map in adm2nd_region, across 2 mapped points.

It sits within the topics Cantons of Puntarenas Province, Districts of Puntarenas Province and Populated places in Puntarenas Province.

Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.established_date: 5 July 1971
Settlement.name: Parrita
Settlement.native_name_lang: es
Settlement.settlement_type: Canton and District
Settlement.pushpin_map: Costa Rica
Settlement.pushpin_map_alt: Parrita canton location in Costa Rica
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Parrita canton location in Costa Rica
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de Parrita (Costa Rica).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Parrita canton
Settlement.map_caption: Parrita canton
Settlement.image_skyline: Plantación de palma africana en Parrita. Costa Rica.JPG
Settlement.image_alt: African palm plantations in Parrita
Settlement.image_caption: African palm plantations in Parrita
Settlement.established_title: Creation
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Puntarenas
Settlement.seat_type: Head city

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: canton of Costa Rica
Country: Costa Rica
Located in: Puntarenas Province
Contains: Parrita
Capital: Parrita
Population: 20068
Area: 483.22
Elevation: 23
Shares border with: Turrubares Canton
Official website: muniparrita.go.cr

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inception: 1971-07-05

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Toponymy
History
Geography
Districts
Demographics
Transportation
Road transportation
References

Parrita is a canton and its only district in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.

==Toponymy== The origin of the name, it is said, has to do with a woman named Rita who lived in one of the original settlements. Rita had a business and received packages. "Es pa' Rita" (It's for Rita) was often heard so the canton was called Parrita.

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