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1407:Golfito
1392:Savegre
1316:Miramar
1283:Colinas
1240:Caldera
1207:Esparza
1147:Paquera
1142:Lepanto
822:(6.29)
782:(6.18)
777:(1.57)
772:(1.02)
767:(1.81)
753:(72.8)
748:(72.1)
743:(72.7)
738:(72.7)
733:(72.7)
728:(72.9)
723:(73.0)
718:(73.6)
713:(73.9)
708:(74.3)
703:(72.7)
698:(71.6)
693:(71.6)
683:(87.7)
678:(87.1)
673:(85.6)
668:(86.0)
663:(86.5)
658:(86.7)
653:(86.9)
648:(87.4)
643:(88.5)
638:(90.0)
633:(90.3)
628:(89.6)
623:(88.3)
554:Climate
525:Economy
362:±% p.a.
319:Orotina
282:History
254:) is a
134:Country
49:Tarrazú
1604:Quepos
1519:Laurel
1514:Canoas
1387:Quepos
1379:Quepos
1354:Sierpe
1349:Palmar
1298:Brunka
1273:Boruca
1263:Volcán
1172:Cóbano
1137:Chomes
957:
871:219.4
574:Month
440:+0.74%
437:21,531
429:+2.63%
426:19,858
418:+3.15%
415:14,925
407:+0.33%
396:−1.53%
385:−0.17%
382:10,228
371:10,456
352:Census
315:Atenas
260:Quepos
243:Quepos
206:19,858
171:Quepos
166:Canton
144:
83:Quepos
26:Quepos
1625:This
1425:Pavón
1278:Pilas
1182:Chira
951:(PDF)
868:15.2
865:23.2
862:26.7
859:26.5
856:26.4
853:25.7
850:23.6
847:22.9
844:12.4
825:3,571
820:159.7
815:349.0
810:533.5
805:544.3
800:468.7
795:444.9
790:413.3
785:389.0
780:156.9
613:Year
404:9,093
393:8,767
235:60601
1631:stub
1537:Jacó
1064:2024
1042:2020
987:2020
955:ISBN
932:2020
841:5.4
838:4.2
835:7.2
775:40.0
770:25.8
765:45.9
751:22.7
746:22.3
741:22.6
736:22.6
731:22.6
726:22.7
721:22.8
716:23.1
711:23.3
706:23.5
701:22.6
696:22.0
691:22.0
681:31.0
676:30.6
671:29.8
666:30.0
661:30.3
656:30.4
651:30.5
646:30.8
641:31.4
636:32.2
631:32.4
626:32.0
621:31.3
610:Dec
607:Nov
604:Oct
601:Sep
598:Aug
595:Jul
592:Jun
589:May
586:Apr
583:Mar
580:Feb
577:Jan
434:2022
423:2011
412:2000
401:1984
390:1973
379:1963
368:1950
357:Pop.
321:and
177:Area
1336:Osa
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