León Cortés Castro is a
canton in the
San José province of
Costa Rica
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.
The head city of the canton is
San Pablo.
It is part of
Los Santos Zone
Los Santos Zone () is a mountainous region in the San José Province of Costa Rica, in the center-south of the country. It is also known in Spanish as or just .
It corresponds to a wide sector of a series of intermontane valleys composed by the ...
, together with
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and
Tarrazú.
Toponymy
It is named in honor of former President
León Cortés Castro
León Cortés Castro (December 8, 1882 – March 3, 1946) was a Costa Rican politician. He served as President of Costa Rica from 1936 to 1940. During his term he introduced new bank reforms, supported banana plantations in the South Pacific re ...
of Costa Rica.
History
León Cortés Castro was created on 12 June 1962 by decree 11.
The Supreme Elections Tribunal of Costa Rica in a resolution of March 29, 1962, proclaimed the results of a
plebiscite
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in the previous month that created the canton. An executive decree on June 12 delineated the portions of the surrounding cantons of
Aserrí,
Tarrazú,
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and
Desamparados
Desamparados is a district of the Desamparados canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica
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that were to be included in the new canton.
Geography
León Cortés Castro has an area of km²
and a mean elevation of metres.
The Delicias creek and the Pirrís river form major portions of the western and southern boundary, and the Tarrazú river establishes the northern and eastern limits of the canton.
Districts
The canton of León Cortés Castro is subdivided into the following
districts
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:
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San Pablo
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San Andrés
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Llano Bonito
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San Isidro
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Santa Cruz
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San Antonio
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Demographics
For the
2011 census, León Cortés Castro had a population of inhabitants.
Transportation
Road transportation
The canton is covered by the following road routes:
References
Cantons of San José Province
Populated places in San José Province
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