Puerto Limón is the capital city and main hub of Limón province, in Costa Rica.
It is the sixth-largest city in Costa Rica, with a population of over 55,000 (including surrounding towns), and is home of a multicultural community.
The first African people who arrived in Costa Rica came with the Spanish conquistadors. Other communities trace their roots to Italian, Jamaican and Chinese laborers who worked on a late nineteenth-century railroad project that connected San José to Puerto Limón.
Christopher Columbus first dropped anchor in Costa Rica in 1502 at Isla Uvita, just off the coast of Puerto Limón. The Atlantic coast, however, was left largely unexplored by Spanish settlers until the 19th century.
The town was officially founded in 1854 by Philipp J. J. Valentini under government auspices. In 1867, construction began on an ambitious railroad connecting the highlands to the sea. Limón was chosen as the site of a major port, which would facilitate exports of the coffee from the Central Valley.
In center Limon is a large Chinese cemetery, Chinese workers having made up a large part of the 1880's railroad-contruction team that worked here. Thousands died of malaria and yellow fever.
Limon offers popular rainforest eco-tours with its biodiversity.
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