Rivas District
Rivas is a district of the Pérez Zeledón canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. Geography Rivas has an area of km² and an elevation of metres. This town lies south of a mountain chain Cordillera de Talamanca result of tectonic uplift between Cocos Plate and Caribbean Plate. The town is positioned a kilometer north of where the Buenavista River and the Chirripó Pacífico River converge to form the General River. Demographics For the 2011 census, Rivas had a population of inhabitants. Transportation Road transportation The district is covered by the following road routes: * National Route 2 * National Route 242 * National Route 322 * National Route 323 Economy Tourism This town is on the way to the Chirripó National Park. Archaeology Originally discovered in the 1980s through archaeological surveys of the region by Robert Drolet, the Rivas site is one of 15 Chiriquí Period (AD 750-1500) archaeological sites known within the river valley. ...
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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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