The politic division - administrative of Costa Rica is defined in provinces as: San José, Alajuela, Cartago, Heredia, Guanacaste, Puntarenas and Limón. Those at the same time are subdivided in cantons and districts.
Administratively, the province of Puntarenas has these cantones: Puntarenas, Esparza, Buenos Aires, Montes de Oro, Osa, Aguirre, Golfito, Coto Brus, Parrita, Corredores y Garabito.
Coto Brus
It´s the 8th canton of the province of Puntarenas. This canton is created by the law number 3598 of december 10th, 1965, under the Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich administration.
Surface: 935.52 km2.
The head town of this canton is San Vito.
It´s located at 378 kilometers from the capital on the road to Ciudad Neilly and 252 kilometers for Paso Real (Térraba river) San Vito.