Montes de Oca (canton)

Montes de Oca
Fuente de la Hispanidad, roundabout under Route 39 and on Route 2
Fuente de la Hispanidad, roundabout under Route 39 and on Route 2
Flag of Montes de Oca
Official seal of Montes de Oca
Motto(s): 
Cuna de la Educación Superior
(Cradle of Higher Education)
Map
Montes de Oca canton
Montes de Oca canton location in San José Province##Montes de Oca canton location in Costa Rica
Montes de Oca canton location in San José Province##Montes de Oca canton location in Costa Rica
Montes de Oca
Montes de Oca canton location in San José Province
Montes de Oca canton location in San José Province##Montes de Oca canton location in Costa Rica
Montes de Oca canton location in San José Province##Montes de Oca canton location in Costa Rica
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 / 9.940046; -84.0110652
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceSan José
Creation1 August 1915
Named forDon Faustino Montes de Oca
Head citySan Pedro
Districts
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodyMunicipalidad de Montes de Oca
 • MayorDomingo Arguello García (PUSC)
Area
 • Total
15.78 km2 (6.09 sq mi)
Elevation
1,262 m (4,140 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
49,132
 • Estimate 
(2022)
53,862
 • Density3,100/km2 (8,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Canton code115
Websitemontesdeoca.go.cr

Montes de Oca is a canton in the San José province of Costa Rica.[1][2] The head city of the canton is San Pedro.

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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.