Horquetas, Sarapiquí
Las Horquetas is a Districts of Costa Rica, district of the Sarapiquí (canton), Sarapiquí canton, in the Heredia Province, Heredia province of Costa Rica. Location It is located in the northern region of the country and borders the neighborhoods of Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí , Puerto Viejo to the north, Vara Blanca , Varablanca de Heredia to the south and La Virgen, Sarapiquí, La Virgen to the west. While to the east it borders with the province of Limón. Its head, the village of Horquetas, is 16.9 km (16 minutes) to the SE of Puerto Viejo city and 68.5 km (1 hour and 14 minutes) to the NE of San José (canton), San José city, the capital of the nation. Another important and slightly larger village is Rio Frio, which is about 8.5 km to the west (12 minutes). Geography Las Horquetas has an area of km² and an elevation of metres. It presents a mountainous territory in its southwest zone, whereas in direction north and east, the land descends and ends in the plains of Sa ...
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Districts Of Costa Rica
According to the Administrative divisions of Costa Rica, Territorial Administrative Division the Cantons of Costa Rica, cantons of Costa Rica are subdivided into 488 districts (''distritos''), each of which has a unique five digit postal code. Government organization Each canton is divided into districts whose number varies from canton to canton. Each district has a District Council chaired by a syndic, all popularly elected. The District Council is the interlocutor between the district and the municipal government and ensures the communal and neighborhood interests before the Municipal Council; although the direct administration of the district falls to the municipality, the District Councils also exercise administrative functions such as forwarding projects to the Council and supervising the work of the mayor. District Municipal Council There are eight District Municipal Councils (), in districts that area geographically distant from the head city of the canton where the mu ...
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