# Brunca
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{{Short description | Socioeconomic region in Costa Rica with diverse landscape}}
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thumb|250px|Cantons in the Brunca Region
The '''Brunca Region''' is one of six socioeconomic regions in [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica).
[[http://www.statoids.com/ucr.html "Provinces of Costa Rica ".] ''Statoids.'' (retrieved 29 Nov 2011)] It has a varied landscape, ranging from the coasts to interior mountains.
This region is bordered by [Panama](/source/Panama) to the east, the [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean) to the south and west. The Brunca Region consists of the cantons of [Osa](/source/Osa_Canton), [Golfito](/source/Golfito_Canton), [Corredores](/source/Corredores_Canton), [Coto](/source/Coto_Brus_Canton), and [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires_Canton) in the provinces of [Puntarenas](/source/Puntarenas_Province) and [Perez Zeledon](/source/P%C3%A9rez_Zeled%C3%B3n_(canton)) in the [San José Province](/source/San_Jos%C3%A9_Province).
The area of the Brunca Region is 9,528 square kilometers (3,679 square miles). As of 1997, the region was estimated to have a population of 320,863 people.[
The name "Brunca" comes from the [Brunca people](/source/Boruca_people), who are indigenous to Costa Rica.
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