Limón is a
canton
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and ent ...
in the
Limón province of
Costa Rica.
The head city is in
Limón district.
Toponymy
Limón is the word in Spanish for the
lemon
The lemon (''Citrus limon'') is a species of small evergreen trees in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, native to Asia, primarily Northeast India (Assam), Northern Myanmar or China.
The tree's ellipsoidal yellow fruit is used for culin ...
fruit.
History
Limón was created as a canton on 25 July 1892 by decree 61.
A district of Limón was established in 1870 under the jurisdiction of the central government in San José.
Geography
Limón has an area of km²
and a mean elevation of metres.
The canton lies along the Caribbean coast from the mouth of the Toro River in the north to Tuba Creek 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.
Districts
The canton of Limón is subdivided into the following
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
:
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Limón
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Valle La Estrella
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Río Blanco
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Matama
Demographics
For the
2011 census, Limón had a population of inhabitants.
Transportation
Road transportation
The canton is covered by the following road routes:
References
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Cantons of Limón Province
Populated places in Limón Province