La Unión Canton
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La Unión is the name of the third canton in the province of Cartago in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 44.83 km²[1], and has a population of 85,506[2]. The capital city of the canton is Tres Ríos.
La Unión is a compact canton situation midway between the national capital of San José and the former colonial capital city of Cartago.
The canton of La Unión is subdivided into 8 distritos (districts).
- Tres Ríos
- San Diego
- San Juan
- San Rafael
- Concepción
- Dulce Nombre
- San Ramón
- Río Azul
[edit] History
La Unión was first mentioned as a canton in a decree dated December 7, 1848.
[edit] References
- ^ Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), 2001.
- ^ Estimates of Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC), May 2003.
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