San Ramón is a
canton in the
Alajuela
Alajuela () is a district in the Alajuela canton of the Alajuela Province of Costa Rica. As the seat of the Municipality of Alajuela canton, it is awarded the status of city. By virtue of being the city of the first canton of the province, it i ...
province of
Costa Rica.
The head city is in
San Ramón district.
History
San Ramón was created on 21 August 1856 by decree 17.
Geography
San Ramón has an area of km²
and a mean elevation of metres.
An oddly-shaped canton, San Ramon stretches north through the eastern heights of the
Cordillera de Tilarán
Costa Rica is located on the Central American Isthmus, surrounding the point 10° north of the equator and 84° west of the prime meridian. It has 212 km of Caribbean Sea coastline and 1,016 on the North Pacific Ocean.
The area is 51,100& ...
, looking down on the
Central Valley (Valle Central) to its east. The canton forms the border with the province of
Guanacaste to the west.
Districts
The canton of San Ramón is subdivided into the following
districts:
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San Ramón
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Santiago
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San Juan
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Piedades Norte
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Piedades Sur
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San Rafael
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San Isidro
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Los Ángeles
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Alfaro
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Volio
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Concepción
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Zapotal
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Peñas Blancas
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San Lorenzo
Demographics
For the
2011 census, San Ramón had a population of inhabitants.
Transportation
Road transportation
The canton is covered by the following road routes:
References
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Cantons of Alajuela Province
Populated places in Alajuela Province