Limón is the name of the first 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 Limón

Limón Province

Limón is one of seven provinces in Costa Rica. The majority of its territory is situated in the country's Caribbean lowlands, though the southwestern portion houses part of an extensive mountain range known as the Cordillera de Talamanca...

 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 1,765.79 km², and has a population of 97,102. Its capital is the provincial capital city of Puerto Limón.

The canton lies along the Caribbean coast from the mouth of the Río Toro in the north to Tuba Creek (Río Tuba) 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 four districts

Districts of Costa Rica

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

 (distritos):

District	Postal code	Alt. (m)	Area (km2)	Pop. (2008)	Coordinates	Capital
Limón	70101	3	59.76		09°59′36"N 83°01′40"W	Limón Limón Puerto Limón, commonly known as Limón , is the capital city and main hub of Limón province, as well as of the cantón of Limón in Costa Rica. It has a population of about 60,000 , and is home to a thriving Afro-Caribbean community...
	Barrios: Bellavista, Bohío, Bosque, Buenos Aires, Cangrejos, Cariari, Cerro Mocho, Cielo Amarillo, Cieneguita, Colina, Corales (1,2 and 3), Cruce, Fortín, Garrón, Hospital, Jamaica Town, Japdeva, Laureles, Limoncito, Lirios, Moín, Piuta, Portete, Pueblo Nuevo, San Juan, Santa Eduvigis, Trinidad, Veracruz
	Poblados: Buenos Aires, Cocal, Dos Bocas, Empalme Moín, Milla Nueve, Santa Rosa, Valle La Aurora, Villas del Mar Uno, Villas del Mar Dos, Villa Hermosa
Valle La Estrella	70102	18	1232.93		09°44′24"N 82°58′00"W	Pandora
	Barrios: Colonia, Finca Ocho, Guaria, Loras, Pandora Oeste, Río Ley
	Poblados: Alsacia, Armenia, Atalanta, Bananito Sur, Boca Cuen, Boca Río Estrella, Bocuare, Bonifacio, Brisas, Buenavista, Burrico, Calveri, Caño Negro, Cartagena, Casa Amarilla, Cerere, Concepción, Cuen, Chirripó Abajo (part), Durfuy (San Miguel), Duruy, Fortuna, Gavilán, Hueco, I Griega, Jabuy, Llano Grande, Manú, Miramar, Moi (San Vicente), Nanabre, Nubes, Penshurt, Pléyades, Porvenir, Progreso, Río Seco, San Andrés, San Carlos, San Clemente, San Rafael, Suruy, Talía, Tobruk, Tuba Creek (part), Valle de las Rosas, Vegas de Cerere, Vesta
Río Blanco	70103	9	133.35		09°59′27"N 83°07′56"W	Liverpool
	Poblados: Brisas, Brisas de Veragua, Búfalo, Limón 2000, Loma Linda, México, Milla 9, Miravalles, Río Blanco, Río Cedro, Río Madre, Río Quito, Río Victoria, Sandoval, Santa Rita, Victoria
Matama	70104	17	339.75		09°55′20"N 83°03′43"W	Bomba
	Poblados: Aguas Zarcas, Asunción, Bananito Norte, Bearesem, Beverley, Calle Tranvía, Castillo Nuevo, Dondonia, Filadelfia Norte, Filadelfia Sur, Kent, María Luisa, Mountain Cow, Paraíso, Polonia, Quitaría, Río Banano, San Cecilio, Tigre, Trébol, Westfalia

History

A district of Limón was established in 1870 under the jurisdiction of the central government in San José. It was recognized as a canton by a decree of August 19, 1903, when the neighboring canton of Turrialba was created on territory that had previously been part of Limón.