Buenos Aires | |
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 Buenos Aires canton | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Costa_Rica_location_map.svg)  Buenos Aires Buenos Aires canton location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 9°04′57″N 83°15′42″W / 9.0824408°N 83.2617871°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | Puntarenas |
| Creation | 29 July 1940[1] |
| Head city | Buenos Aires |
| Districts | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Municipalidad de Buenos Aires |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,384.22 km2 (920.55 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 386 m (1,266 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 45,244 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Canton code | 603 |
| Website | www |
Buenos Aires is a canton in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.[2][3] The head city is in Buenos Aires district.
- ^ Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN 9977-64-243-5. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.