Limón is the name of the first canton in the province of Limón in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 1,765.79 km²[1], and has a population of 97,102[2]. Its capital is the provincial capital city of Puerto Limón.
The canton lies along the Caribbean coast from the mouth of the Río Toro in the north to Tuba Creek (Río Tuba) in the south. It ranges westward into the Cordillera de Tilarán, with a southwest finger of the canton reaching up to the peak of Cerro Chirripó, the highest point in Costa Rica.
The canton of Limón is subdivided into four districts (distritos):[3]
| District | Postal code | Alt. (m) | Area (km2) | Pop. (2008) | Coordinates | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limón | 70101 | 3 | 59.76 | 70,166 | Limón | |
| Barrios: Bellavista, Bohío, Bosque, Buenos Aires, Cangrejos, Cariari, Cerro Mocho, Cielo Amarillo, Cieneguita, Colina, Corales (1,2 and 3), Cruce, Fortín, Garrón, Hospital, Jamaica Town, Japdeva, Laureles, Limoncito, Lirios, Moín, Piuta, Portete, Pueblo Nuevo, San Juan, Santa Eduvigis, Trinidad, Veracruz | ||||||
| Poblados: Buenos Aires, Cocal, Dos Bocas, Empalme Moín, Milla Nueve, Santa Rosa, Valle La Aurora, Villas del Mar Uno, Villas del Mar Dos, Villa Hermosa | ||||||
| Valle La Estrella | 70102 | 18 | 1232.93 | 20,748 | Pandora | |
| Barrios: Colonia, Finca Ocho, Guaria, Loras, Pandora Oeste, Río Ley | ||||||
| Poblados: Alsacia, Armenia, Atalanta, Bananito Sur, Boca Cuen, Boca Río Estrella, Bocuare, Bonifacio, Brisas, Buenavista, Burrico, Calveri, Caño Negro, Cartagena, Casa Amarilla, Cerere, Concepción, Cuen, Chirripó Abajo (part), Durfuy (San Miguel), Duruy, Fortuna, Gavilán, Hueco, I Griega, Jabuy, Llano Grande, Manú, Miramar, Moi (San Vicente), Nanabre, Nubes, Penshurt, Pléyades, Porvenir, Progreso, Río Seco, San Andrés, San Carlos, San Clemente, San Rafael, Suruy, Talía, Tobruk, Tuba Creek (part), Valle de las Rosas, Vegas de Cerere, Vesta | ||||||
| Río Blanco | 70103 | 9 | 133.35 | 7,695 | Liverpool | |
| Poblados: Brisas, Brisas de Veragua, Búfalo, Limón 2000, Loma Linda, México, Milla 9, Miravalles, Río Blanco, Río Cedro, Río Madre, Río Quito, Río Victoria, Sandoval, Santa Rita, Victoria | ||||||
| Matama | 70104 | 17 | 339.75 | 7,747 | Bomba | |
| Poblados: Aguas Zarcas, Asunción, Bananito Norte, Bearesem, Beverley, Calle Tranvía, Castillo Nuevo, Dondonia, Filadelfia Norte, Filadelfia Sur, Kent, María Luisa, Mountain Cow, Paraíso, Polonia, Quitaría, Río Banano, San Cecilio, Tigre, Trébol, Westfalia | ||||||
A district of Limón was established in 1870 under the jurisdiction of the central government in San José. It was recognized as a canton by a decree of August 19, 1903, when the neighboring canton of Turrialba was created on territory that had previously been part of Limón.