San Ramón (canton)

San Ramón is the name of the second canton in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 1,018.64 km² (1), and has a population of 72,568 (2). The capital city of the canton is also called San Ramón.

An oddly shaped canton, San Ramon stretches north through the eastern heights of the Cordillera de Tilarán, looking down on the Meseta Central (or Central Valley) to its east. The canton forms the border with the province of Guanacaste to the west.

The canton of San Ramón is subdivided into 13 distritos (districts).

1. San Ramón
2. Santiago
3. San Juan
4. Piedades Norte
5. Piedades Sur
6. San Rafael
7. San Isidro
8. Los Ángeles
9. Alfaro
10. Volio
11. Concepción
12. Zapotal
13. Peñas Blancas

History

The canton was established by a decree of August 21, 1856.

References

(1) Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), 2001.

(2) Estimates of Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC), May 2003.