Limón (canton)
Limón is a canton in the Limón province of Costa Rica.[2][3] The head city is in Limón district.
Limón | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
Limón canton | |
  Limón Limón canton location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 9.7750689°N 83.2014154°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | Limón |
| Creation | 25 July 1892[1] |
| Head city | Limón |
| Districts | Districts
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| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Municipalidad de Limón |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,765.79 km2 (681.78 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 94,415 |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Canton code | 701 |
| Website | www |
Toponymy
Limón is the word in Spanish for the lemon fruit.
History
Limón was created as a canton on 25 July 1892 by decree 61.[1]
A district of Limón was established in 1870 under the jurisdiction of the central government in San José.
Geography
Limón has an area of 1,765.79 km²[4] and a mean elevation of 12 metres.[2]
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:
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1883 | 1,858 | — | |
| 1892 | 7,484 | 302.8% | |
| 1927 | 22,424 | 199.6% | |
| 1950 | 23,337 | 4.1% | |
| 1963 | 40,141 | 72.0% | |
| 1973 | 40,830 | 1.7% | |
| 1984 | 52,602 | 28.8% | |
| 2000 | 89,933 | 71.0% | |
| 2011 | 94,415 | 5.0% | |
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[5] |
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For the 2011 census, Limón had a population of 94,415 inhabitants. [7]
Transportation
Road transportation
The canton is covered by the following road routes:
References
- Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN 9977-64-243-5. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.
- "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
- "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
- "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.