Limón is a canton in the Limón province of Costa Rica. The head city is in Limón district.

Toponymy

Limón is the word in Spanish for the lemon fruit.

History

Limón was created as a canton on 25 July 1892 by decree 61. A district of Limón was established in 1870 under the jurisdiction of the central government in San José.

Geography

Limón has an area of 1,765.79 km² and a mean elevation of 12 metres. The canton lies along the Caribbean coast from the mouth of the Toro River in the north to Tuba Creek 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 the following districts:

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Limón had a population of 94,415 inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes: • CR RNP 32.svg National Route 32 • CR RNP 36.svg National Route 36 • CR RNS 234.svg National Route 234 • CR RNS 240.svg National Route 240 • CR RNS 241.svg National Route 241 • CR RNS 257.svg National Route 257 • CR RNT 802.svg National Route 802