Tarrazú Canton

Tarrazú is the name of the 5th canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 297.50 km² [Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), 2001.] , and has a population of 15,142 [Estimates of Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC), May 2003.] . The capital city of the canton is San Marcos.

The Río Pirrís (also known as Río Parrita) establishes much of the northern boundary of the three-pronged canton, which reaches south across the Coastal Mountain Range to its border with the canton of Aguirre in Puntarenas Province.

The canton of Tarrazú is subdivided into 3 distritos (districts).

# San Marcos
# San Lorenzo
# San Carlos

History

The canton was established by a legislative decree of August 7, 1868.

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