Acosta is the name of the 12th canton

Cantons of Costa Rica

This is a list of the cantons of Costa Rica.Cantons are the second-level administrative division of Costa Rica. The country's seven provinces are subdivided into 81 cantons , and these are further subdivided into districts .A unique feature of the cantons is that they are the only administrative...

 in the province of San José

San José Province

San José is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the central part of the country, and borders the provinces of Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago, Limón and Puntarenas. The provincial capital is San José. The province covers an area of 4,965.9 km²...

 in Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

. The canton covers an area of 242.24 km², and has a population of 19,342. The capital city of the canton is San Ignacio.

The mountainous canton begins in the Cerros de Escazú

Cerros de Escazú

The Cerros de Escazú is a mountain range in central Costa Rica. It borders the Central Valley to the south and is considered the northernmost portion of the Cordillera de Talamanca. The highest peak is Cerro Rabo de Mico with , followed closely by Cerro Cedral with...

 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 of Puntarenas Province

Puntarenas Province

Puntarenas is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the western part of the country, covering most of Costa Rica's Pacific Ocean coast, and it is the largest province in Costa Rica. Clockwise from the northwest it borders on the provinces Guanacaste, Alajuela, San José and Limón, and the...

 near the Pacific coast in Parrita Canton

Parrita Canton

Parrita is the name of the ninth canton in the province of Puntarenas in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 478.79 km², and has a population of 12,877. Its capital city is also called Parrita....

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Districts

The canton of Acosta is subdivided into five districts

Districts of Costa Rica

| The cantons of Costa Rica are subdivided into 473 districts .-References:...

 (distritos):

1. San Ignacio
2. Guaitil
   Guaitil District
   Guaitil District is a district of Acosta Canton, San José Province, in Costa Rica. Guaitil de Acosta is the administrative seat. The southern boundary of the district is the Rio Grande de Candalaria, and the northern boundary is the Rio Jorco....
   
   
3. Palmichal
4. Cangrejal
5. Sabanillas

External links

• "Acosta Google Satellite Map" Maplandia