Vásquez de Coronado Canton

Vásquez de Coronado, also spelled Vázquez de Coronado,[1] is the name of the 11th canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 222.20 km²[2], and has a population of 59,113[3]. The capital city of the canton is San Isidro.

The canton of the highlands rises out of the suburbs of San José to encompass a major portion of the Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range) and Braulio Carrillo National Park. The Río Sucio (Dirty River) forms the western boundary of the canton, while the Río Macho, Río Zurquí and Río Patria establish the canton's limits to the east. The northern tip of the canton is marked by the confluence of the Sucio and Patria rivers.

Districts

The canton of Coronado is subdivided into five districts (distritos):[1]

  1. San Isidro
  2. San Rafael
  3. Dulce Nombre de Jesús
  4. Patalillo
  5. Cascajal

History

The canton was established by decree on November 15, 1910. It was named in honor of the first Spanish colonial governor of Costa Rica, Juan Vásquez de Coronado, nephew of the famous explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado.

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.