- Source: Atenas (canton)
Atenas is a canton in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.
Toponymy
It is named for the ancient city of Athens in Greece as rendered in Spanish.
History
Atenas was created on 7 August 1868 by decree 30.
Geography
Atenas has an area of 127.19 km2 and a mean elevation of 706 metres.
It is a fairly compact canton, mountainous for the most part. The Grande River forms the border on the canton's north and east sides. As the river moves south, it is joined by two other large rivers, the Poás River and the Virilla River, before turning west again and forming the canton's southern border under a new name, the Grande de Tárcoles River. The western border of the canton is established by a series of creeks and their canyons that cut through the Coastal Mountain Range.
Districts
The canton of Atenas is subdivided into the following districts:
Atenas
Jesús
Mercedes
San Isidro
Concepción
San José
Santa Eulalia
Escobal
Demographics
For the 2011 census, Atenas had a population of 25,460 inhabitants.
Transportation
= Road transportation
=The canton is covered by the following road routes:
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Provinsi Alajuela
- Kanton di Kosta Rika
- Atenas (canton)
- Atenas
- List of modern cities named after Athens
- San José District
- San Isidro District, Atenas
- Concepción District, Atenas
- Santa Eulalia District, Atenas
- San Isidro District
- Jesús District, Atenas
- Cantons of Costa Rica
