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Property description
Why live in Parrita, Costa Rica? General view: It is the ninth canton of the province of Puntarenas, on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It is located in the Central Pacific Region of the country. It has an area of 478.79 km2 and is the last Costa Rican canton with the particularity of constituting a single district. It limits to the east with Quepos, to the north with Puriscal, Acosta and Aserri, to the northeast with Tarrazu, to the northwest with Turrubares, to the south with the Pacific Ocean and to the west with Garabito. It was founded by Law No. 4787 of July 5, 1971. Parrita is a coastal valley that is crossed by the river of the same name (Parrita), which is very mighty, very short and carries a lot of sediment that makes the plains of Parrita rich for agriculture, the Parrita river is made up of the Candelaria, Pirris and Parrita rivers. In its basin, it has a hydroelectric project that opened between 2010-2011. Institutions present in the canton of Parrita. ? Aqueducts and Sewers (A and A) ? Firefighters of Costa Rica ? Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) ? Costa Rican Red Cross ?Public force ? Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE) ? Rural Development Institute (INDER) ?Ministry of Health ? Ministry of Public Education (Circuit corresponding to the canton) ? Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (M.A.G) This canton in the province of Puntarenas, whose foundations were built by indigenous groups, has maintained its idiosyncrasy, becoming the safest coastal canton to live in, thanks to its low rate of violence. It is a canton that is extremely close to cantons with larger urban and hotel development settlements, as well as undeniably its wide green fields make it the perfect place to turn this area into your place of retirement a few minutes away of Jaco, and Esterillo Beach