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Puerto Limón (Costa Rica)

LC control no.n 88278698
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Geographic headingPuerto Limón (Costa Rica)
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Geographic subdivision usageCosta Rica--Puerto Limón
Variant(s)Limón (Limón, Costa Rica)
Limón, Costa Rica (City)
Port Limón (Costa Rica)
Cariay (Costa Rica)
Found inUnited States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic/Topographic Center. Costa Rica city graphic 1:10,000. Puerto Limón, 1988.
BGN 1/9/89 (Puerto Limón, ppl, 10°00ʹN, 83°02ʹW; variant: Limón)
LC data base, 5/3/89 (hdg.: Limón, Costa Rica (City))
Lippincott (Limón or Puerto Limón, city, capital of Limón prov., E Costa Rica, major port and railhead on Caribbean Sea, 70 mi. E of San José)
Web. geog. (Puerto Limón or Limón, also Port Limón, seaport, capital of Limón prov., E cen. Costa Rica)
BGN gaz., Costa Rica, 1983 (Puerto Limón, ppl, 10°00ʹN, 83°02ʹW, Limón Province; ref. from Limón; cites 2 other Limóns in San José Province)
Colón en Cariay, 1995: p. 58 (Cariay, hoy Puerto Limón)
Zamora Hernández, Carlos Ml. Ciudades de Limón, Cahuita y Puerto Viejo, 2012: page 5 (Ciudad de Limón) page 7 (el puerto de Limón)
GEOnet, Dec. 2, 2019 (Puerto Limón (Approved), Ciudad de Limón (Variant), Limón (Variant); Costa Rica; Limón; seat of a 1st-order admin. div. (PPLA); 09° 59' 34" N, 083° 01' 50" W)
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Invalid LCCNn 82124150