Sarapiquí is the name of the tenth 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 Heredia

Heredia Province

Heredia is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the north-central part of the country. As a result, the province covers areas as diverse as the agriculture rich Northern plains of San Carlos as well as the more metropolitan areas like the city of Heredia located in the Central Valley...

 in Costa Rica

Costa Rica

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. The canton covers an area of 2,140.54 km², and has a population of 49,327. The capital city of the canton is Puerto Viejo

Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí

This article is for the town in northeast Costa Rica. For the coastal town in southeast Costa Rica, see Puerto Viejo de Talamanca. Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, known to locals as Puerto Viejo, is the capital of Sarapiquí Canton in Heredia Province, Costa Rica. It is located near the convergence point...

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The canton includes the major portion of the Sarapiquí region, and is named for its major waterway, the Río Sarapiquí

Sarapiquí River

The Sarapiquí River, or Rio Sarapiquí, in Costa Rica is a tributary of the San Juan River and forms the eastern border of Sarapiquí Canton...

, which forms the canton's eastern border. The western half of the canton gives way to the San Carlos Plain (Llanura de San Carlos). Heredia's provincial border with Alajuela

Alajuela Province

Alajuela is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the north-central part of the country, bordering Nicaragua to the north, and clockwise the provinces Heredia, San José, Puntarenas and Guanacaste...

, which runs through the middle of the San Carlos Plain, marks the canton's western limit. The southern boundary of the canton is established by the Río Virgen (Virgin River).

The canton of Sarapiquí is subdivided into 5 distritos (districts).

1. Puerto Viejo
2. La Virgen
3. Las Horquetas
4. Llanuras del Gaspar
5. Cureña