Pérez Zeledón Canton
Pérez Zeledón is the name of the 19th canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 1,905.51 square kilometres (735.72 sq mi),[1] making it the seventh largest of the 81 cantons in the country. It has a population of 130,982 (estimate as of 2003).[2] The capital city of the canton is San Isidro de El General.
The canton's boundaries are established by the Río Savegre on the northwest, the Río Guabo and a series of coastal mountain ranges on the southwest and south, and the peaks of the highest mountains of the Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range) on the east. In the middle of the canton, the Río General, from which the canton's capital city takes its name, runs north to south through a beautiful valley.
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[edit] Districts
The canton of Pérez Zeledón is subdivided into 11 districts (distritos):[3]
- San Isidro de El General
- General
- Daniel Flores
- Rivas
- San Pedro
- Platanares
- Pejibaye
- Cajón
- Barú
- Río Nuevo
- Páramo
[edit] History
The canton was established by law on July 13, 1905.
[edit] References
- ^ Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), 2001.
- ^ Estimates of Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC), May 2003.
- ^ "División Territorial Administrativa de Costa Rica" (in Spanish) (PDF). Instituto de Fomento y Asesoria Municipal (IFAM). 5 May 2009. http://www.ifam.go.cr/PaginaIFAM/ifams/Descargas/CDI/Legal/Divisi%C3%B3n%20Territorial%20CR%20%20Publicado%20en%20La%20Gaceta%2026%20mayo%202009.pdf.
[edit] External links
- Alexander Mora Mora, Senator of the area
- Jorge Eduardo Sánchez, Perez Zeledon Deputy
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