Montes de Oca | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:FuentedelaHispanidad.JPG) Fuente de la Hispanidad, roundabout under Route 39 and on Route 2 | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Bandera_de_Montes_de_Oca.svg) Flag &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Escudo_del_cant%C3%B3n_de_Montes_de_Oca.svg) Seal | |
| Motto(s): Cuna de la Educación Superior (Cradle of Higher Education) | |
 Montes de Oca canton | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Costa_Rica_San_Jose_location_map.svg)  Montes de Oca Montes de Oca canton location in San José Province &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Costa_Rica_location_map.svg) Montes de Oca Montes de Oca canton location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 9°56′24″N 84°00′40″W / 9.940046°N 84.0110652°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | San José |
| Creation | 1 August 1915[1] |
| Named for | Don Faustino Montes de Oca |
| Head city | San Pedro |
| Districts | Districts |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Municipalidad de Montes de Oca |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15.16 km2 (5.85 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,262 m (4,140 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 49,132 |
| • Density | 3,200/km2 (8,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Canton code | 115 |
| Website | montesdeoca |
Montes de Oca is a canton in the San José province of Costa Rica.[2][3] The head city of the canton is San Pedro.
- ^ Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN 9977-64-243-5. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.