page_title: Tarrazú (canton)
hierarchical_section_title: Tarrazú (canton)
context_page_description: Tarrazú is the 5th canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 297.50 square kilometres, and has a population of 17,233. The capital city of the canton is San Marcos. It is part of Los Santos Zone, together with Dota and León Cortés Castro.
  The Río Pirrís establishes much of the northern boundary of the three-pronged canton, which reaches south across the Coastal Mountain Range to its border with the canton of Aguirre in Puntarenas Province.
context_section_description: Tarrazú is the 5th canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 297.50 square kilometres (73,510 acres), and has a population of 17,233.  The capital city of the canton is San Marcos. It is part of Los Santos Zone, together with Dota and León Cortés Castro.
  The Río Pirrís (also known as Río Parrita) establishes much of the northern boundary of the three-pronged canton, which reaches south across the Coastal Mountain Range to its border with the canton of Aguirre in Puntarenas Province.
caption: Tarrazú canton in San José province