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'La Unión' is the name of the third canton in the province of Cartago in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 44.83 km²^[1], and has a population of 85,506^[2]. The capital city of the canton is Tres Ríos.
La Unión is a compact canton situation midway between the national capital of San José and the former colonial capital city of Cartago.
The canton of La Unión is subdivided into 8 distritos (districts).
# Tres Ríos
# San Diego
# San Juan
# San Rafael
# Concepción
# Dulce Nombre
# San Ramón
# Río Azul

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History

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History

La Unión was first mentioned as a canton in a decree dated December 7, 1848.

References

1. Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), 2001.
2. Estimates of Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC), May 2003.