La Unión Canton

canton in Cartago province, Costa Rica

AdministrativeArea canton_of_costa_rica Q2610394

Facts

16 properties

Identity

Instance of: canton of Costa Rica
Inception: December 7, 1848^[17]
Official website: www.launion.go.cr

Location

Country: Costa Rica^[3]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 9.914°, -83.998°^[18]
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Cartago Province^[2]
Shares border with: Cartago Canton, Desamparados Canton, Curridabat Canton, Montes de Oca Canton^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Population and size

Area: 44.18
Elevation above sea level: 1407.0
Population: 100k (2.0k–100k, n=11)

More facts +6

Website: www.launion.go.cr
Located in: Cartago Province
Capital: Tres Ríos^[4]
Contains the administrative territorial entity: Tres Ríos, San Diego, San Juan, San Rafael, Concepción, Dulce Nombre, San Ramón, Río Azul^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]
Coordinates: 🗺️ 9.914°, -83.998°
Different from: La Unión

🏷️ Also known as

en La Unión en La Unión Canton ar لا أونيون es La Unión es Cantón de La Unión es El Cantón del Agua it cantone di La Unión ja ラ・ウニオン ru Ла-Унион zh 拉烏尼翁縣

🔖 Identifiers · 8

VIAF cluster ID: 135301098
Library of Congress authority ID: nr88008266
Freebase ID: /m/02w280h
GNS Unique Feature ID: -1107843
GeoNames ID: 3623105
INaturalist place ID: 29301
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007538172305171
OpenStreetMap relation ID: 5413515

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🔗 Connections

Shares border with 4

Desamparados Canton, Cartago Canton, Curridabat Canton, Montes de Oca Canton

Contained subdivisions 3

Tres Ríos, Concepción, San Diego

Contains the administrative territorial entity 3

Tres Ríos, Concepción, San Diego

← Shares border with 3

Cartago Canton, Curridabat Canton, Montes de Oca Canton

Capital 1

Tres Ríos

Country 1

Costa Rica

Instance of 1

canton of Costa Rica

Located in the administrative territorial entity 1

Cartago Province

← Capital of 1

Tres Ríos

← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1

Cartago Province

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Summary

La Unión Canton is a canton of Costa Rica^[1].

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Physical Characteristics

La Unión Canton's area is recorded as 44.18 km²^[19]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as 1407 m^[20]. Population counts include {'amount': '+2046'}^[21], {'amount': '+2916'}^[22], {'amount': '+4256'}^[23], {'amount': '+4972'}^[24], {'amount': '+7789'}^[25], and {'amount': '+14074'}^[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ La Unión Canton — country (P17): Costa Rica. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ La Unión Canton — capital (P36): Tres Ríos. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ La Unión Canton — shares border with (P47): Cartago Canton. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ La Unión Canton — shares border with (P47): Desamparados Canton. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ La Unión Canton — shares border with (P47): Curridabat Canton. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ La Unión Canton — shares border with (P47): Montes de Oca Canton. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ La Unión Canton — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Cartago Province. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ La Unión Canton — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Tres Ríos. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ La Unión Canton — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): San Diego. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ La Unión Canton — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): San Juan. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ La Unión Canton — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): San Rafael. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ La Unión Canton — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Concepción. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ La Unión Canton — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Dulce Nombre. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ La Unión Canton — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): San Ramón. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ La Unión Canton — contains the administrative territorial entity (P150): Río Azul. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ La Unión Canton — inception (P571): December 7, 1848. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ La Unión Canton — coordinate location (P625): {'lat': 9.91361111, 'lon': -83.9975}. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ La Unión Canton — population (P1082): {'amount': '+2046'}. 1864 Costa Rican census. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ La Unión Canton — population (P1082): {'amount': '+2916'}. 1883 Costa Rican census. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ La Unión Canton — population (P1082): {'amount': '+4256'}. 1892 Costa Rican census. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ La Unión Canton — population (P1082): {'amount': '+4972'}. 1927 Costa Rican census. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ La Unión Canton — population (P1082): {'amount': '+7789'}. 1950 Costa Rican census. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ La Unión Canton — population (P1082): {'amount': '+14074'}. 1963 Costa Rican census. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ La Unión Canton — elevation above sea level (P2044): 1407 m. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ La Unión Canton — area (P2046): 44.18 km². División Territorial Administrativa, 2024 (Costa Rica). wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ La Unión Canton is an instance of canton of Costa Rica (Q953822) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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