Upala

Upala is the canton quantity 13 of the province of Alajuela , Costa Rica . According to the zonal department of the united states , it is positioned within the Chorotega Region , for one issue of verbal exchange routes in preference to geographical, historic or ethnic. According to geographical criteria of regional division, it is positioned inside the Northern Zone fashioned with the aid of the canton of San Carlos , Los Chiles and Guatuso and the Herediano canton of Sarapiqui .

It has an extension of 1580.67 km², which makes it the second one biggest canton of the province of Alajuela, after San Carlos. It limits to the north with the Republic of Nicaragua, to the east, southeast and south with the alajuelenses cantons of Los Chiles and Guatuso, and from south to west with the Guanacaste cantons of Canas , Bagaces , Liberia and La Cruz respectively. It is divided into 8 districts. It become based on March 17 , 1970 . Its head and most vital populace is Upala.