Pérez Zeledón was also the location of major battles during the Costa Rican Civil War. One battle was the Battle of San Isidro de El General. It happened around 6:30 am. 200 government forces fought the rebels at the city's central park. The battle was won by José Figueres Ferrer and his rebels. This battle secured the southern pacific region of Costa Rica for the rebels.
The canton of Pérez Zeledón's economy is characterized by agriculture, livestock, trade, industry and tourism. One fact that has helped this economy is the canton's geographic location; it is a 'bridge' between Costa Rica's capital (San José) and the southern areas that border Panamá.
Important farming activities:
The first two products are the most important in the region.
Livestock activities are also important. Pigs and cattle being the most important. The cattle is used for meat and dairy products.
Commercial activities have also become important. There are important credit unions, banks, local companies, media, and various other companies of the San José operating in the canton.
Its main attraction is ecological diversity. There is the Chirripó National Park (one of the highest peak in Central America and the Caribbean).
Another park in the area is the Parque Internacional La Amistad.
The first elementary school in Pérez Zeledón was established during Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra's government (1902-1906). It was called Escuela Mixta de Ureña and was in the Ureña district, south of San Isidro de El General's central park. After the Costa Rican Civil War the school was moved to a new building. It currently has the name ""Escuela 12 de Marzo"", in honor of the start of the Costa Rican Civil War. It had just ended when the school was rebuilt at its current location.
San José (canton)
San José is the name of the first canton of San José Province in Costa Rica. The canton has an area of 44.62 km². It has a population of 287,619 people.
Limón Province
Limón is a province of Costa Rica. It is in the eastern part of the country along the Caribbean Sea. The provincial capital is the city of Puerto Limón.
The Limón province borders the provinces of Heredia, Cartago and San José to the west, and Puntarenas province to the southwest. Nicaragua is to the north of the province, Panama to the south and the Caribbean Sea to the east.
Limón is the fourth largest province of Costa Rica, after the Puntarenas, Guanacaste and Alajuela provinces, with an area of . It has of the area of Costa Rica.
Most of territory of the province is flat land of low altitude but in the southwest is the "Cordillera de Talamanca" ("Talamaca mountain range") with the highest mountain of the country, the Cerro Chirripó, with an altitude of above sea level.
The main river of the province is the "Reventazón", the second longest river of the country after the Térraba; it is long.
Unlike the rest of Costa Rica, Limón has no dry-wet seasons. It rains all the year. The driest months are in September and October. The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Puerto Limón is a "Tropical Rainforest Climate" and of the subtype "Af".
The average amount of precipitation for the year in Puerto Limón is . The month with the most precipitation on average is July with of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is September with an average of .
The average temperature for the year in Puerto Limón is . The warmest month, on average, is May with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of
The people of the province are known as "Limonenses", both men and women.
The Limón province had a population, in 2011, of 386,862, of the population of the country. Its population density was inhabitants/km. The canton of Pococí, with 125,962 inhabitants, is the canton with more inhabitants.
Evolution of the population in Limón
The Limón province is divided in 6 cantons, which are divided into 29 Districts.
The main economic activity in the province is farming, with plantations of banana, pineapple, cacao, pejibaye and other tropical crops.
In the province is the port of Moín, the most important in the country.
Limón
Puerto Limón is the capital city of Limón Province in Costa Rica. It is also a major Costa Rican port for exporting and importing. A part of the community has its roots in Jamaican laborers. They worked on the nineteenth-century railroad project. The railroad connected San José to Puerto Limón. Other parts of the population have their roots in the Nicaraguan, Panamanian, and Colombian turtle-hunters who settled in the city.
Puerto Limon suffered the 1991 Limon Earthquake. This earthquake affected the city and the coastline.
The pirates Edward Mansvelt and his vice admiral Henry Morgan arrived at "Portete" in 1666. Portete is a small bay between Limón and Moín. They moved toward Cartago. It was the capital of Costa Rica at the time. The pirates were driven away by the inhabitants of Turrialba on 15 April. This pirate army left on 16 April and arrived in Portete on 23 April. They left Costa Rica and did not return again.
The town was officially created in 1854 by Philipp J. J. Valentini. He had the government's help.
Limón has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen’s climate classification). Average temperatures are very constant all the year. The average is 25 degrees Celsius. Limón has no dry season. The driest month is September. It has an average of 160 mm of rain. The wettest month is December. It has an average of 400 mm of rain. Limon has 3,400 mm of rain annually.
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