Cartago Canton

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Cartago is the name of the first canton in the province of Cartago in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 287.77 km²[1], and has a population of 140,686[2]. The city of Cartago is the capital city of the canton, and although, the provicial capital of province of Cartago.

Cartago is a T-shaped canton stretching southeast from its capital city to encompass a thin swatch of the Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range), and including portions of the Interamericana (Pan-American Highway).

The canton of Cartago is subdivided into 11 distritos (districts).

  1. Oriental
  2. Occidental
  3. El Carmen
  4. San Nicolás also known as Taras
  5. San Francisco, also known as Aguacaliente
  6. Guadalupe, also known as Arenilla
  7. Corralillo
  8. Tierra Blanca
  9. Dulce Nombre
  10. Llano Grande
  11. Quebradilla


[edit] History

Cartago was first mentioned as a canton in a decree dated December 7, 1848.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), 2001.
  2. ^ Estimates of Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC), May 2003.
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