Nova paĝo kun 'eta|450px|| '''Puerto Limón''', commonly known as '''Limón''' (Spanish for "lemon"),<ref>[http://www.spanishdict.com/translate...'
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'''Puerto Limón''', commonlyofte knownkonata askiel '''Limón''' (Spanish forhispane "lemoncitrono"),<ref>[http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/limón ''limón''] Span¡shD!ct. Retrievedalirita: 11la June11an de Junio 2011.</ref> isestas thela capitalĉefurbo citykaj andĉefa mainkreno hubde ofla [[LimónProvinco provinceLimón]], assame wellkiel asde of thela ''cantón'' (countykantono) of Limón inde [[Costa RicaKostariko]]. ItĜi isestas thela sixth-largestsesa cityplej ingranda [[Costaurbo Rica]]en Kostariko, withkun a population of overĉirakŭ 55,000 loĝantoj (includinginklude surroundingĉirkaŭaj townsurboj), and iskaj homeestas ofhejmo ade multiculturalmultkultura communitykomunumo.<ref>[http://www.inec.go.cr/ Censo Nacional de oblación. Características Sociales y Demográficas, 2002]</ref> Part of the community traces its roots to Italian, Jamaican and Chinese laborers who worked on a late nineteenth-century railroad project that connected San José to Puerto Limón. Until 1948, the Costa Rican government did not recognize Afro-Caribbean people as citizens and restricted their movement outside Limón province.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/9968460230 The History of Costa Rica]</ref> As a result of this "travel ban", this Afro-Caribbean population became firmly established in the region, which influenced the decision to not move even after it was legally permitted. Nowadays, there is an important outflow of Limón natives who move to the country's Central Valley in search for better employment and education.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0970567839 What Happen: A Folk-History of Costa Rica's Talamanca Coast]</ref> The Afro-Caribbean community speaks Spanish and [[Limonese Creole]], a [[creole language|creole]] of English.
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Puerto Limón contains two port terminals, [[Haveno de Limón|Limón]] and Moín, which permit the shipment of Costa Rican exports as well as the anchoring of cruise ships. Health care is provided for the city by [[Hospital Dr. Tony Facio Castro]].<ref name="ccss">[http://www.ccss.sa.cr/html/organizacion/gestion/gerencias/medica/dgrssha/htfc_quienes_somos.html "Quienes Somos: Hospital Regional Dr. Tony Facio Castro"] ''Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social''. Retrieved: 2012-03-07. {{es}}</ref> Two small islands, [[Uvita Island]] and Isla de Pájaros, are just offshore.