Puntarenas Canton
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Puntarenas Canton is a coastal administrative division in Costa Rica known for its port city, beaches, and role as a gateway to Pacific tourism destinations.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Puntarenas | 2 |
| Puntarenas city | 2 |
| Puntarenas Canton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10986860 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Puntarenas Canton Context triple: [Puntarenas Province, contains, Puntarenas Canton]
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A.
Puntarenas Province
Puntarenas Province is a large coastal region in western Costa Rica known for its Pacific beaches, ports, and popular tourist destinations.
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B.
Coclé Province
Coclé Province is a central Panamanian province known for its Pacific coastline, agricultural production, and growing tourism centered around beaches and historical sites.
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C.
Guanacaste Province
Guanacaste Province is a northwestern region of Costa Rica known for its Pacific beaches, dry tropical forests, cattle ranching, and popular tourist destinations.
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D.
Chiriquí Province
Chiriquí Province is a western Panamanian province bordering Costa Rica, known for its agricultural production, mountain landscapes, and the highland town of Boquete.
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E.
Alajuela Province
Alajuela Province is a region in north-central Costa Rica known for its agricultural production, volcanic landscapes, and popular ecotourism destinations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Puntarenas Canton Target entity description: Puntarenas Canton is a coastal administrative division in Costa Rica known for its port city, beaches, and role as a gateway to Pacific tourism destinations.
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A.
Puntarenas Province
Puntarenas Province is a large coastal region in western Costa Rica known for its Pacific beaches, ports, and popular tourist destinations.
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B.
Coclé Province
Coclé Province is a central Panamanian province known for its Pacific coastline, agricultural production, and growing tourism centered around beaches and historical sites.
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C.
Guanacaste Province
Guanacaste Province is a northwestern region of Costa Rica known for its Pacific beaches, dry tropical forests, cattle ranching, and popular tourist destinations.
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D.
Chiriquí Province
Chiriquí Province is a western Panamanian province bordering Costa Rica, known for its agricultural production, mountain landscapes, and the highland town of Boquete.
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E.
Alajuela Province
Alajuela Province is a region in north-central Costa Rica known for its agricultural production, volcanic landscapes, and popular ecotourism destinations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative division
ⓘ
canton ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter |
Puntarenas city
ⓘ
linked to:
Puntarenas Canton
|
| belongsToAdministrativeHierarchyLevel | second-level subdivision of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
other cantons of Puntarenas Province ⓘ |
| capital |
Puntarenas
ⓘ
linked to:
Puntarenas Canton
|
| contains |
Puntarenas
ⓘ
linked to:
Puntarenas Province
|
| country | Costa Rica ⓘ |
| countryCapitalOfProvince | Puntarenas Province ⓘ |
| governedBy | municipal government of Puntarenas ⓘ |
| governingCountry |
Republic of Costa Rica
ⓘ
linked to:
Costa Rica
|
| hasActivity |
cruise tourism
ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ |
| hasClimate | tropical climate ⓘ |
| hasCoastalEnvironment | beaches and mangroves ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineOn | Gulf of Nicoya ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
port services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
beaches
ⓘ
port city ⓘ |
| hasGeographicalCharacteristic |
coastal location
ⓘ
lowland terrain ⓘ |
| hasPortFunction |
commercial shipping
ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ |
| hasPortStatus | major Pacific port of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| hasSector |
rural coastal communities
ⓘ
urban areas ⓘ |
| hasTransportInfrastructure |
ferry connections in Gulf of Nicoya
ⓘ
seaport ⓘ |
| isSubdivisionOf | Costa Rica ⓘ |
| isTourismGatewayFor |
Nicoya Peninsula
ⓘ
Pacific coast of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Puntarenas Province ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central Standard Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Time Zone
|
| locatedOnCoastOf | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| officialNameLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| partOf |
Central Pacific region of Costa Rica
ⓘ
linked to:
western Costa Rica
|
| role | gateway to Pacific tourism destinations ⓘ |
| tourismAttractionType |
beach tourism
ⓘ
marine tourism ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | −06:00 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Puntarenas Canton Description of subject: Puntarenas Canton is a coastal administrative division in Costa Rica known for its port city, beaches, and role as a gateway to Pacific tourism destinations.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Puntarenas Canton
linked to: Puntarenas Canton
linked to: Puntarenas Canton
linked to: Puntarenas Canton