- Acosta Canton
Acosta is the name of the 12th canton in the province of San José in
Costa Rica . The canton covers an area of 242.24 km² [Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), 2001.] , and has a population of 19,839 [Estimates of Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC), May 2003.] . The capital city of the canton is San Ignacio.The mountainous canton begins in the
Cerros de Escazú on the far western edge of the San José Metropolitan Area. It continues west and south between the Río Negro on the north and the Río Jorco on the east to encompass a large portion of the Coastal Mountain Range, finally ending at the border ofPuntarenas Province near the Pacific coast inParrita Canton .The canton of Acosta is subdivided into 5 distritos (districts).
# San Ignacio
# Guaitil
# Palmichal
# Cangrejal
# SabanillasHistory
The canton was established by law on October 27, 1910.
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