Siquirres is the name of the third canton

Cantons of Costa Rica

This is a list of the cantons of Costa Rica.Cantons are the second-level administrative division of Costa Rica. The country's seven provinces are subdivided into 81 cantons , and these are further subdivided into districts .A unique feature of the cantons is that they are the only administrative...

 in the province of Limón

Limón Province

Limón is one of seven provinces in Costa Rica. The majority of its territory is situated in the country's Caribbean lowlands, though the southwestern portion houses part of an extensive mountain range known as the Cordillera de Talamanca...

 in Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

. The canton covers an area of 860.19 km², and has a population of 56,246. Its capital city is called Siquirres

Siquirres

Siquirres is the capital of a Siquirres Canton in Limón Province in Costa Rica. It is a center of commerce and has most of the services for the area's locals.The name is derived from the Native Word meaning reddish colored....

.

The canton touches the Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

 coast between the mouths of the Río Pacuare to the southeast and the Río Parismina to the northwest. It encompasses territory in a southwest direction, between the Río Madre de Dios on the southeast side and the Río Destierro on the northwest, as far as the southernmost portion of the Cordillera Central.

The area is drained by the rivers Reventazón, Parismina

Parismina

Barra del Parismina is a village of about 600 people located on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, at the mouth of the Reventazón River. Parismina is about half way between Tortuguero and Limon on the Tortuguero canals. There is no road to Parismina; it is accessible only by boat or plane...

, Pacuare River

Pacuare River

The Pacuare River, or the Río Pacuare, in Costa Rica has its source in the Cordillera de Talamanca and flows approximately 108 km to the Caribbean. It is a popular location for white water rafting, whitewater kayaking and riverboarding...

, Madre de Dios and Matina River.

Districts

The canton of Siquirres is subdivided into six districts

Districts of Costa Rica

| The cantons of Costa Rica are subdivided into 473 districts .-References:...

 (distritos):

1. Siquirres, postal code 70301, coordinates 10°05′01"N 83°30′28"W
   • Neighborhoods (Barrios): María Auxiliadora, Brooklin, San Rafael, San Martín, Triunfo, Miraflores, el Invu, Siquirritos, Betania
   • Villages (Poblados): Alto Guayacán, Amelia, Amistad, Bajo Tigre, Barnstorf, Betania, Boca Pacuare, Boca Parismina, Calvario, Calle Tajo, Canadá, Caño Blanco, Carmen, Celina,El Coco, El cocal, Dos Bocas, Encanto (norte), Encanto (sur), Ganga, Imperio, Indiana Dos, Indiana Tres, Indiana Uno, Islona, Lindavista, Livingston, Lucha, Milla 52, Moravia, Morazán, Nueva Esperanza, Nueva Virginia, San Alberto Nuevo, San Alberto Viejo, San Alejo, San Joaquín, Santo Domingo
2. Pacuarito, postal code 70302, coordinates 10°06′12"N 83°28′06"W
   • Villages (Poblados): Alto Mirador, Altos de Pacuarito, Buenos Aires, Cimarrones, Culpeper, Cultivez, Freehold, Galicia, Isla Nueva, Leona, Madre de Dios, Manila, Monteverde, Perla, Perlita, Río Hondo, San Carlos, San Rafael, Santa Rosa, Ten Switch, Trinidad, Waldeck
3. Florida, postal code 70303, coordinates 10°05′22"N 83°34′21"W
   • Neighborhoods (Barrios): El Alto
   • Villages (Poblados): Alto Gracias a Dios, Alto Laurelar, Altos de Pascua, Bonilla Abajo, Casorla, Chonta, Destierro, Fourth Cliff, Huecos, Lomas, Llano, Pascua, Río Peje, Roca, Rubí, San Antonio, Túnel Camp
4. Germania, postal code 70304, coordinates 10°09′00"N 83°04′18"W
   • Neighborhoods (Barrios): América, Babilonia
   • Villages (Poblados): Cacao, Colombiana, Herediana, Milano, Trinidad, Williamsburg
5. Cairo, postal code 70305, coordinates 10°07′32"N 83°32′25"W
   • Neighborhoods (Barrios): Francia
   • Villages (Poblados): Ana, Bellavista, Boca Río Jiménez, Castilla, Cocal, Golden Grove, Josefina, Junta, Luisiana, Milla 3, Milla 4, Milla 5, Milla 6, Ontario, Peje, Seis Amigos, Silencio.
6. Alegría (La Alegría), postal code 70306, coordinates 10°05′23"N 83°36′12"W
   • Villages (Poblados): Alto Herediana, Portón Iberia, Río Peje, Vueltas.

Tourism

Areas of interest to tourists include Pacuare Tourist Center, Barra del Parismina, Barra del Pacuare and Laguna Madre de Dios.

Commerce

Agriculture products include: Banana, cacao, corn, coconut, plantain, rice, cassava, soursop, macadamia, nuts, pasión fruit and ginger. Fishing and cattle are also important.