Atenas is a canton in the

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province of

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Toponymy

It is named for the ancient city of

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as rendered in Spanish.

History

Atenas was created on 7 August 1868 by decree 30.

Geography

Atenas has an area of km² and a mean elevation of metres. It is a fairly compact canton, mountainous for the most part. The Grande River forms the border on the canton's north and east sides. As the river moves south, it is joined by two other large rivers, the Poás River and the Virilla River, before turning west again and forming the canton's southern border under a new name, the Grande de Tárcoles River. The western border of the canton is established by a series of creeks and their canyons that cut through the Coastal Mountain Range.

Districts

The canton of Atenas is subdivided into the following

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Atenas Atenas () is a district of the Atenas canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica. Its urban area is referred as Atenas city. Toponymy Its name means Athens ''(Αθήνα)'', the capital of Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Repu ...

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Demographics

For the 2011 census, Atenas had a population of inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

References

Cantons of Alajuela Province Populated places in Alajuela Province {{Alajuela-geo-stub