Tarrazú

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Tarrazú is the name of the 5th canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 297.50 km²[1], and has a population of 15,142[2]. The capital city of the canton is San Marcos.

The Río Pirrís (also known as Río Parrita) establishes much of the northern boundary of the three-pronged canton, which reaches south across the Coastal Mountain Range to its border with the canton of Aguirre in Puntarenas Province.

The canton of Tarrazú is subdivided into 3 distritos (districts).

  1. San Marcos
  2. San Lorenzo
  3. San Carlos

[edit] History

The canton was established by a legislative decree of August 7, 1868.

[edit] References

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