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Cajón District
Cajón is a district of the Pérez Zeledón canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo .... History Cajón was created on 3 March 1970 by Decreto Ejecutivo 14. Segregated from San Pedro. Geography Cajón has an area of km2 and an elevation of metres. Demographics For the 2011 census, Cajón had a population of inhabitants. Transportation Road transportation The district is covered by the following road routes: * National Route 2 * National Route 322 * National Route 326 References Districts of San José Province Populated places in San José Province {{SanJoséCR-geo-stub ...
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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 492 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;. However, 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 mayor's work. District Municipal Council There are seven District Municipal Councils () in districts that are geographically distant from the head city of the canton where the municip ...
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San José Province
San José () is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the central part of the country, and borders (clockwise beginning in the north) the provinces of Alajuela, Heredia, Limón, Cartago and Puntarenas. The provincial and national capital is San José. The province covers an area of 4,965.9 km². and has a population of 1,404,242.Resultados Generales Censo 2011
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Subdivisions

The province of San José is subdivided into 20 cantons. Canton (Capital): # San José ( San José) #
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Pérez Zeledón (canton)
Pérez Zeledón is the nineteenth Cantons of Costa Rica, canton of the province of San José Province, San José in Costa Rica, located in the Brunca, Brunca Region. It ranks as the sixth-most populous canton in the country and is the 7th largest by area. The capital city of the canton is San Isidro de El General. The Río Savegre establishes the canton's boundaries on the northwest, the Río Guabo and a series of coastal mountain ranges on the southwest and south, and the peaks of the highest mountains of the Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range) on the east. In the middle of the canton, the Río General, from which the canton's capital city takes its name, runs north to south. History Pérez Zeledón was created on 9 October 1931 by decree 31. Originally with four initial districts: Ureña, El General, Daniel Flores, and Rivas, with Ureña being the capital. Early Costa Rican Settlements Near the end of the 19th century, between 1870 and 1899, quite a few familie ...
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime boundary, maritime border with Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around five million in a land area of nearly . An estimated people live in the capital and largest city, San José, Costa Rica, San José, with around two million people in the surrounding metropolitan area. The sovereign state is a Presidential system, presidential republic. It has a long-standing and stable Constitution of Costa Rica, constitutional democracy and a highly educated workforce. The country spends roughly 6.9% of its budget (2016) on education, compared to a global average of 4.4%. Its economy, once heavily dependent on agriculture, has diversified to include sectors such as finance, corporate services for foreign companies, pharmaceut ...
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San Pedro District, Pérez Zeledón
San Pedro is a district of the Pérez Zeledón canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. It is located 30 kilometers south of San Isidro de El General San Isidro de El General () is the first district of the canton of Pérez Zeledón, in the southern part of the province of San José in Costa Rica, as well as the name of said district's main city. San Isidro de El General is the most populous .... History San Pedro, a district of historical significance, was established on 5 October 1951 by Ley 1360, Anexa de Buenos Aires. Geography San Pedro has an area of km2 and an elevation of metres. Demographics For the 2011 census, San Pedro had a population of inhabitants. Towns Zapotal, La Arenilla, Unión, Tambor, Cedral (parte), Fátima, Fortuna, Cristo Rey, Guaria, Santo Domingo, Santa Ana, San Rafael, Laguna, Rinconada Vega, San Juancito, San Juan, San Jerónimo. Economy San Pedro, a district nestled on the slopes of the Chirripó National Park, is a pi ...
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Costa Rica 2011 Census
The 2011 Costa Rican census was undertaken by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (''Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos'' (INEC)) in Costa Rica. The semi-autonomous government body, INEC, was created by Census Law No. 7839 on 4 November 1998. The census The census took place between Monday, 30 May 2011 and Friday, 3 June 2011 when 35,000 enumerators, mostly teachers, visited an estimated 1,300,000 households to count a population estimated before the census at about 4,650,000 individuals (the census itself counted 4,301,712 people).Semana del Censo Nacional: INEC pide a la población responder el Censo
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, Costa Rica, 2011-05-31.

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CR RNP 2
CR or Cr may refer to: In business * Conversion rate, in marketing * Credit Record, in accounting * Crown Royal, a brand of Canadian whisky Organizations Religious organizations * Celtic Reconstructionism, a form of Polytheism * Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence (Theatines), a Roman Catholic religious order * Community of the Resurrection, an Anglican religious order * Congregation of the Resurrection, a Catholic religious order Other organizations * Choose Responsibility, a US non-profit addressing alcohol consumption by young adults * Consumer Reports, an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy; publishes a magazine of the same name * College of the Redwoods, a public two-year community college in Humboldt County, California, US * College Republicans, a college branch of the US political party * Czech Radio, a publi ...
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National Route 2 (Costa Rica)
National Primary Route 2, formally known as (South Interamerican Road), is the southern segment of the Pan-American Highway (locally in Central America known as the Inter-American Highway) that traverses Costa Rica. Description The road begins in the (downtown, city center) districts of San José canton, just where Route 1 ends, at the east side of the La Sabana Metropolitan Park. The segment between Curridabat and Cartago canton is named , further south it is just known as . In San José province the route covers San José canton (Hospital, Catedral districts), Montes de Oca canton ( San Pedro district), Dota canton ( Copey district), Curridabat canton ( Curridabat, Sánchez districts), Pérez Zeledón canton (San Isidro de El General, Daniel Flores, Rivas, San Pedro, Cajón, Páramo districts). In Cartago province the route covers Cartago canton ( San Nicolás, Aguacaliente o San Francisco, Guadalupe o Arenilla, Dulce Nombre districts), Paraíso canton ( ...
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CR RNT 322
CR or Cr may refer to: In business * Conversion rate, in marketing * Credit Record, in accounting * Crown Royal, a brand of Canadian whisky Organizations Religious organizations * Celtic Reconstructionism, a form of Polytheism * Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence (Theatines), a Roman Catholic religious order * Community of the Resurrection, an Anglican religious order * Congregation of the Resurrection, a Catholic religious order Other organizations * Choose Responsibility, a US non-profit addressing alcohol consumption by young adults * Consumer Reports, an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy; publishes a magazine of the same name * College of the Redwoods, a public two-year community college in Humboldt County, California, US * College Republicans, a college branch of the US political party * Czech Radio, a public r ...
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National Route 322 (Costa Rica)
National Tertiary Route 322, or just Route 322 (, or ) is a National Road Route of Costa Rica, located in the San José province. Description In San José province the route covers Pérez Zeledón canton (El General, Rivas, Cajón A cajón ( ; "box, crate, drawer") is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes implements such as brushes, mallets, or st ... districts). References Highways in Costa Rica {{CostaRica-road-stub ...
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CR RNT 326
CR or Cr may refer to: In business * Conversion rate, in marketing * Credit Record, in accounting * Crown Royal, a brand of Canadian whisky Organizations Religious organizations * Celtic Reconstructionism, a form of Polytheism * Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence (Theatines), a Roman Catholic religious order * Community of the Resurrection, an Anglican religious order * Congregation of the Resurrection, a Catholic religious order Other organizations * Choose Responsibility, a US non-profit addressing alcohol consumption by young adults * Consumer Reports, an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy; publishes a magazine of the same name * College of the Redwoods, a public two-year community college in Humboldt County, California, US * College Republicans, a college branch of the US political party * Czech Radio, a public r ...
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National Route 326 (Costa Rica)
National Tertiary Route 326, or just Route 326 (, or ) is a National Road Route of Costa Rica, located in the San José province. Description In San José province, the route covers Pérez Zeledón canton (El General, Cajón A cajón ( ; "box, crate, drawer") is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes implements such as brushes, mallets, or st ... districts). References Highways in Costa Rica {{CostaRica-road-stub ...
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