{
 "title": "The State of Costa Rica's Maritime Zone 2026 \u2014 town-level dataset",
 "creator": "Folio (foliocostarica.com)",
 "license": "CC-BY 4.0 \u2014 attribution + link to https://foliocostarica.com/research/maritime-zone/",
 "method": "200m landward buffer of official IGN 1:5000 coastline (CRTM05), district land-mask; parcels via 45m-grid sampling of the Registro Nacional cadastre lookup, dedup by finca, exact geometry intersection. Counts are lower bounds.",
 "sources": [
  "SNIT/IGN",
  "Registro Nacional SIRI",
  "SINAC PNE"
 ],
 "generated": "2026-08-03",
 "towns": [
  {
   "community": "mal-pais",
   "province": "Puntarenas",
   "canton_municipality": "C\u00f3bano (concejo municipal de distrito)",
   "measured": "2026-08-02",
   "strip_area_km2": 2.059,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 62,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 15,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 99.3,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.591,
   "protected_pne_km2": 1.144
  },
  {
   "community": "pavones",
   "province": "Puntarenas",
   "canton_municipality": "Golfito",
   "measured": "2026-08-02",
   "strip_area_km2": 2.134,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 55,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 17,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 96.9,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.5341,
   "protected_pne_km2": 0.0
  },
  {
   "community": "nosara",
   "province": "Guanacaste",
   "canton_municipality": "Nicoya",
   "measured": "2026-08-02",
   "strip_area_km2": 1.403,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 31,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 4,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 96.9,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.3604,
   "protected_pne_km2": 1.397
  },
  {
   "community": "santa-teresa",
   "province": "Puntarenas",
   "canton_municipality": "C\u00f3bano (concejo municipal de distrito)",
   "measured": "2026-08-02",
   "strip_area_km2": 2.906,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 133,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 24,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 96.6,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.7957,
   "protected_pne_km2": 1.08
  },
  {
   "community": "playa-avellanas",
   "province": "Guanacaste",
   "canton_municipality": "Santa Cruz",
   "measured": "2026-08-03",
   "strip_area_km2": 1.4,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 56,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 14,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 96.1,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.3756,
   "protected_pne_km2": 0.0
  },
  {
   "community": "drake-bay",
   "province": "Puntarenas",
   "canton_municipality": "Osa",
   "measured": "2026-08-03",
   "strip_area_km2": 1.704,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 35,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 8,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 95.9,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.455,
   "protected_pne_km2": 0.0
  },
  {
   "community": "uvita",
   "province": "Puntarenas",
   "canton_municipality": "Osa",
   "measured": "2026-08-02",
   "strip_area_km2": 2.265,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 16,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 2,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 95.7,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.4941,
   "protected_pne_km2": 1.142
  },
  {
   "community": "ostional",
   "province": "Guanacaste",
   "canton_municipality": "Santa Cruz [VERIFYING]",
   "measured": "2026-08-03",
   "strip_area_km2": 1.678,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 23,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 2,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 94.2,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.4138,
   "protected_pne_km2": 1.582
  },
  {
   "community": "tamarindo",
   "province": "Guanacaste",
   "canton_municipality": "Santa Cruz",
   "measured": "2026-08-02",
   "strip_area_km2": 2.269,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 125,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 40,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 92.4,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.5867,
   "protected_pne_km2": 1.555
  },
  {
   "community": "playa-grande",
   "province": "Guanacaste",
   "canton_municipality": "Santa Cruz",
   "measured": "2026-08-02",
   "strip_area_km2": 1.95,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 106,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 50,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 92.2,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.5106,
   "protected_pne_km2": 1.862
  },
  {
   "community": "montezuma",
   "province": "Puntarenas",
   "canton_municipality": "C\u00f3bano (concejo municipal de distrito)",
   "measured": "2026-08-02",
   "strip_area_km2": 1.892,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 42,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 19,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 91.6,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.5322,
   "protected_pne_km2": 0.776
  },
  {
   "community": "brasilito-conchal",
   "province": "Guanacaste",
   "canton_municipality": "Santa Cruz",
   "measured": "2026-08-03",
   "strip_area_km2": 1.953,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 93,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 46,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 85.3,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.376,
   "protected_pne_km2": 0.089
  },
  {
   "community": "playas-del-coco",
   "province": "Guanacaste",
   "canton_municipality": "Carrillo",
   "measured": "2026-08-02",
   "strip_area_km2": 2.642,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 197,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 126,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 84.4,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.5925,
   "protected_pne_km2": 0.0
  },
  {
   "community": "playa-garza",
   "province": "Guanacaste",
   "canton_municipality": "Nicoya",
   "measured": "2026-08-03",
   "strip_area_km2": 1.484,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 51,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 21,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 81.5,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.171,
   "protected_pne_km2": 0.249
  },
  {
   "community": "playa-hermosa-gte",
   "province": "Guanacaste",
   "canton_municipality": "Carrillo",
   "measured": "2026-08-03",
   "strip_area_km2": 3.029,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 198,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 127,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 81.4,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.6514,
   "protected_pne_km2": 0.0
  },
  {
   "community": "playa-junquillal",
   "province": "Guanacaste",
   "canton_municipality": "Santa Cruz",
   "measured": "2026-08-03",
   "strip_area_km2": 1.44,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 93,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 44,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 80.1,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.2691,
   "protected_pne_km2": 0.0
  },
  {
   "community": "ojochal-tortuga",
   "province": "Puntarenas",
   "canton_municipality": "Osa",
   "measured": "2026-08-03",
   "strip_area_km2": 2.038,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 30,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 13,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 70.7,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.2247,
   "protected_pne_km2": 0.164
  },
  {
   "community": "dominical",
   "province": "Puntarenas",
   "canton_municipality": "Osa",
   "measured": "2026-08-02",
   "strip_area_km2": 2.025,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 54,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 28,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 65.1,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.3222,
   "protected_pne_km2": 0.478
  },
  {
   "community": "playa-flamingo",
   "province": "Guanacaste",
   "canton_municipality": "Santa Cruz",
   "measured": "2026-08-02",
   "strip_area_km2": 2.435,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 246,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 173,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 64.6,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.3072,
   "protected_pne_km2": 0.0
  },
  {
   "community": "playa-potrero",
   "province": "Guanacaste",
   "canton_municipality": "Santa Cruz",
   "measured": "2026-08-03",
   "strip_area_km2": 2.079,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 205,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 147,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 63.5,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.2452,
   "protected_pne_km2": 0.0
  },
  {
   "community": "cahuita",
   "province": "Lim\u00f3n",
   "canton_municipality": "Talamanca",
   "measured": "2026-08-03",
   "strip_area_km2": 2.195,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 77,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 32,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 63.1,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.3699,
   "protected_pne_km2": 1.214
  },
  {
   "community": "manuel-antonio",
   "province": "Puntarenas",
   "canton_municipality": "Quepos",
   "measured": "2026-08-02",
   "strip_area_km2": 4.06,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 99,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 54,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 62.6,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.223,
   "protected_pne_km2": 1.688
  },
  {
   "community": "puerto-viejo",
   "province": "Lim\u00f3n",
   "canton_municipality": "Talamanca",
   "measured": "2026-08-02",
   "strip_area_km2": 1.952,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 67,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 27,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 54.2,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.2887,
   "protected_pne_km2": 0.003
  },
  {
   "community": "playa-carrillo",
   "province": "Guanacaste",
   "canton_municipality": "Hojancha [VERIFYING]",
   "measured": "2026-08-03",
   "strip_area_km2": 1.756,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 48,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 18,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 49.3,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.0099,
   "protected_pne_km2": 0.119
  },
  {
   "community": "samara",
   "province": "Guanacaste",
   "canton_municipality": "Nicoya",
   "measured": "2026-08-02",
   "strip_area_km2": 2.23,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 126,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 86,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 49.2,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.0312,
   "protected_pne_km2": 0.013
  },
  {
   "community": "jaco",
   "province": "Puntarenas",
   "canton_municipality": "Garabito",
   "measured": "2026-08-02",
   "strip_area_km2": 3.102,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 193,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 108,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 46.5,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.066,
   "protected_pne_km2": 0.031
  },
  {
   "community": "esterillos",
   "province": "Puntarenas",
   "canton_municipality": "Parrita",
   "measured": "2026-08-03",
   "strip_area_km2": 1.853,
   "parcels_touching_zmt": 68,
   "parcels_fully_inside": 31,
   "registered_coverage_pct": 13.6,
   "registered_in_50m_km2": 0.0,
   "protected_pne_km2": 0.496
  }
 ]
}