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Purabá District
Purabá is a Districts of Costa Rica, district of the Santa Bárbara (canton), Santa Bárbara canton, in the Heredia Province, Heredia province of Costa Rica. The district consists of several large neighborhoods: San Bosco (Bosconia), Marías, Purabá, Lajas, and Calle Quirós. History Purabá was created on 2 September 1976 by Decreto Ejecutivo 6370-G. Segregated from Santo Domingo District, Santa Bárbara, Santo Domingo. Like the rest of the canton, the area now known as Villa Jesús was originally occupied before the Spanish settlers came by the Huetar language, Huetares, an indigenous tribe. The Huetare King, Cacique Garabito, dominated the area. In early 1663, settler Joseph de Sandoval Ocampo set up cattle ranches in the area, including one toward the between the present-day areas of San Pedro de Santa Bárbara, San Pedro and Purabá, which was called Tapatalanga or Anonos at the time. Heredia, Costa Rica, Heredia, Barva (canton), Barva, and Alajuela (city), Alajuela, thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
