Limón (canton)

Limón
Canton
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Limón canton
Limón Limón canton location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9.7750689°N 83.2014154°W / 9.7750689; -83.2014154
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Limón
Creation	25 July 1892[1]
Head city	Limón
Districts	Districts Limón Valle La Estrella Río Blanco Matama
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Municipalidad de Limón
Area
• Total	1,765.79 km^2 (681.78 sq mi)
Elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	94,415
• Density	53/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Canton code	701
Website	www.municlimon.go.cr

Limón is a canton in the Limón province of Costa Rica.^[2][3] The head city is in Limón district.

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:

1. Limón
2. Valle La Estrella
3. Río Blanco
4. Matama

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1883	1,858	—
1892	7,484	+16.74%
1927	22,424	+3.18%
1950	23,337	+0.17%
1963	40,141	+4.26%
1973	40,830	+0.17%
1984	52,602	+2.33%
2000	89,933	+3.41%
2011	94,415	+0.44%
2022	116,457	+1.93%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población[6]

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:

• National Route 32
• National Route 36
• National Route 234
• National Route 240
• National Route 241
• National Route 257
• National Route 802

References

1. 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.
2. "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.
3. 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.
4. "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
5. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
6. Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
7. "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.