| León Cortés Castro | |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | Canton |
| Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica San José#Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | León Cortés Castro location in San José Province##León Cortés Castro canton location in Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | León Cortés Castro location in San José Province##León Cortés Castro canton location in Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 9.6944°N -84.0623°W |
| Map Alt: | León Cortés Castro canton |
| Image Alt: | San Pablo Church |
| Established Title: | Creation |
| Established Date: | 12 June 1962[1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | San José |
| Seat Type: | Head city |
| Seat: | San Pablo |
| Government Type: | Municipality |
| Governing Body: | Spanish; Castilian: Municipalidad de León Cortés Castro |
| Parts Type: | Districts |
| Parts Style: | list |
| Parts: | Districts |
| P1: | San Pablo |
| P2: | San Andrés |
| P3: | Llano Bonito |
| P4: | San Isidro |
| P5: | Santa Cruz |
| P6: | San Antonio |
| Area Total Km2: | 120.8 |
| Elevation M: | 1620 |
| Population Total: | 12200 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name: | Canton code |
| Blank Info: | 120 |
León Cortés Castro is a canton in the San José province of Costa Rica.[2] [3] The head city of the canton is San Pablo.
It is part of Los Santos Zone, together with Dota and Tarrazú.
It is named in honor of former President León Cortés Castro of Costa Rica.
León Cortés Castro was created on 12 June 1962 by decree 11.
The Supreme Elections Tribunal of Costa Rica in a resolution of March 29, 1962, proclaimed the results of a plebiscite in the previous month that created the canton. An executive decree on June 12 delineated the portions of the surrounding cantons of Aserrí, Tarrazú, Dota and Desamparados that were to be included in the new canton.
León Cortés Castro has an area of km²[4] and a mean elevation of metres.
The Delicias creek and the Pirrís river form major portions of the western and southern boundary, and the Tarrazú river establishes the northern and eastern limits of the canton.
The canton of León Cortés Castro is subdivided into the following districts:
For the 2011 census, León Cortés Castro had a population of inhabitants.[5]
The canton is covered by the following road routes: