- Pérez Zeledón
Pérez Zeledón is the name of the 19th canton in the province of San José in
Costa Rica . The canton covers an area of 1,905.51 km² [Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), 2001] , making it the seventh largest of the 81 cantons in the country. It has a population of 130,982 [Estimates of Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC), May 2003] . The capital city of the canton isSan Isidro de El General .The canton's boundaries are established by the Río Savegre on the northwest, the Río Guabo and a series of coastal mountain ranges on the southwest and south, and the peaks of the highest mountains of the
Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range) on the east. In the middle of the canton, the Río General, from which the canton's capital city takes its name, runs north to south through a beautiful valley.The canton of Pérez Zeledón is subdivided into 11 distritos (districts).
# San Isidro de El General
# General
# Daniel Flores
# Rivas
# San Pedro
# Platanares
# Pejibaye
# Cajón
# Barú
# Río Nuevo
# PáramoHistory
The canton was established by law on July 13, 1905.
References
Oficial Website
* [http://www.perezzeledon.com Pérez Zeledón]
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