La Unión is the name of the third 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 Cartago

Cartago Province

Cartago is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the central part of the country. Bordering provinces are Limón to the east and San José to the west. The capital is Cartago and it was formerly the capital city of Costa Rica until 1823 when the capital was changed to San Jose...

 in Costa Rica

Costa Rica

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. The canton covers an area of 44.83 km² (17.3 sq mi), and has a population of 85,506 (estimate as of 2003). The capital city of the canton is Tres Ríos

Três Rios

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La Unión is a compact canton situated midway between the national capital of San José

San José, Costa Rica

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 and the former colonial capital city of Cartago

Cartago

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Districts

The canton of La Unión is subdivided into eight districts

Districts of Costa Rica

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 (distritos)

1. Tres Ríos
2. San Diego
3. San Juan
4. San Rafael
5. Concepción
6. Dulce Nombre
7. San Ramón
8. Río Azul