- La Unión Canton
La Unión is the name of the third canton in the province of Cartago in
Costa Rica . The canton covers an area of 44.83 km² [Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), 2001.] , and has a population of 85,506 [Estimates of Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC), May 2003.] . The capital city of the canton isTres Ríos .La Unión is a compact canton situation midway between the national capital of San José and the former colonial capital city of
Cartago .The canton of La Unión is subdivided into 8 distritos (districts).
# Tres Ríos
# San Diego
# San Juan
# San Rafael
# Concepción
# Dulce Nombre
# San Ramón
# Río AzulHistory
La Unión was first mentioned as a canton in a decree dated December 7, 1848.
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