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Colorado is a district of the Pococí canton, in the Limón province of Costa Rica. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is at the northeastern border of Costa Rica where it meets Nicaragua and the Caribbean Sea . Its main population center is Barra del Colorado , located at an altitude of 5 msnm, on the banks of the Colorado River , an important distributary of the ...
Education in Costa Rica is divided in 3 cycles: pre-education (before age 7), primary education (from 6-7 to 12-13), and secondary school (from 12-13 to 17-18), which leads to higher education. School year starts between the second and third week of February, stops at the last week of June, it continues again between the third and fourth week ...
Administrative center of the district is the town of Colorado. Other villages are Barbudal, Gavilanes, Higuerilla, Huacas (partly), Monte Potrero, Quebracho, Peñablanca, San Buenaventura, San Joaquín, Solimar and Villafuerte.
Hojancha has an area of 261.42 km² [6] and a mean elevation of 389 metres. [2]The canton is in the midsection of the Nicoya Peninsula.It is relatively compact, with a slim area reaching south to encompass a small portion of the Pacific coastline from Carrillo Beach southward to the mouth of the Ora River.
The extent of Costa Rica's western EEZ in the Pacific (from Costa Rica) Image 21 The 1849 national coat of arms was featured in the first postal stamp issued in 1862. (from History of Costa Rica )
According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton. [5] As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the United We Can candidate, Manuel Hernández Rivera, was elected mayor of the canton with 54.22% of the votes, with Yamileth Hidalgo Arias as first vice mayor, without a second vice mayor.
Administrative center of the district is the village of San Juanillo. Other villages in the Cantons are Alemania, Bolillos, Cuajiniquil, Chiquero, Fortuna, Jazminal ...
Isla Calero (English: Calero Island) is the largest island in Costa Rica, as well as along the San Juan River, which marks the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The island lies between the San Juan (to the north and west), the Río Colorado of Costa Rica (to the south and southeast), and the Caribbean Sea (to the east