Los Chiles Canton

Los Chiles is the name of the 14th canton in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica.^[1] The canton covers an area of 1,358.86 square kilometres (524.66 sq mi),^[2] and has a population of 21,523 (estimate as of 2003).^[3] The capital city of the canton is also called Los Chiles.

The canton lies along the border of Nicaragua at the top of the Llanura de San Carlos (San Carlos Plain) in north central Costa Rica. The Río Pocosol (Little Sun River) forms the southeastern boundary of the canton, with (from north to south) the Río Rita, Río Mónico, Río Frío (Cold River) and the Río Purgatorio (Purgatory River) establishing the southwestern border. This is a low-lying, sparsely-settled region primarily devoted to large agricultural enterprises.

Districts

The canton of Los Chiles is subdivided into four districts (distritos):^[1]

1. Los Chiles
2. Caño Negro
3. El Amparo
4. San Jorge

History

The canton was established by a decree of March 17, 1970.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "División Territorial Administrativa de Costa Rica" (in Spanish) (PDF). Instituto de Fomento y Asesoria Municipal (IFAM). 5 May 2009. http://www.ifam.go.cr/PaginaIFAM/ifams/Descargas/CDI/Legal/Divisi%C3%B3n%20Territorial%20CR%20%20Publicado%20en%20La%20Gaceta%2026%20mayo%202009.pdf. 
2. ^ Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), 2001.
3. ^ Estimates of Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC), May 2003.