| Sixaola | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Sixaola district location in Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Sixaola district location in Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 9.5579°N -82.6698°W |
| Map Alt: | Sixaola district |
| Established Title: | Creation |
| Established Date: | 19 February 1970 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Limón |
| Subdivision Type2: | Canton |
| Subdivision Name2: | Talamanca |
| Leader Title: | Syndic |
| Leader Name: | Ruperto Rojas Torres |
| Leader Party: | PLN |
| Leader Title1: | Substitutle syndic |
| Leader Name1: | Sandra Yenory Vargas Badilla |
| Area Total Km2: | 169.32 |
| Elevation M: | 10 |
| Population Total: | 8861 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 70402 |
Sixaola is a district of the Talamanca canton, in the Limón province of Costa Rica. It is a border town together with Guabito, Panamá[1] [2] Sixaola is right across the Sixaola River from Guabito, Panama.
Sixaola was created on 19 February 1970 by Decreto Ejecutivo 13.
Sixaola has an area of km2[3] and an elevation of metres.
For the 2011 census, Sixaola had a population of inhabitants. [4] The surrounding area is home to the Bribri Indians.
The district is covered by the following road routes:
Route 36 goes onward to Panamá, where it becomes Panama Route 1001.
Tourists pass through Sixaola and Guabito along a road connecting destinations in Limón Province, Costa Rica and Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. The road is an old elevated railroad grade. A former railroad bridge crosses the Rio Sixaola at the border. Costa Rican customs is located at the west end of the bridge just down some stairs from the elevated railroad grade. When crossing the border in either direction, tourists must clear both Costa Rican and Panamanian customs. Entry and exit visas are required. Panamanian customs is located alongside the elevated railroad grade right at the east end of the bridge.
The border towns have no accommodations, restaurants, or services. In Costa Rica, Puerto Viejo offers the closest accommodations, restaurants, and services to the border. In Panama, Changuinola offers accommodations, restaurants, and services about 100NaN0 from the border. Buses and taxis wait on both sides of the border.