Paraíso Canton

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Paraíso is the name of the second canton in the province of Cartago in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 411.91 km²[1], and has a population of 55,923[2]. The capital city of the canton is also called Paraíso.

Paraíso is an elongated canton that stretches southeast from its capital city to encompass a swatch of the Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range).

The canton of Paraíso is subdivided into 4 distritos (districts).

  1. Paraíso
  2. Santiago
  3. Orosi
  4. Cachí

[edit] History

Paraíso 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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