Tibás Canton
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Tibás is the thirteenth canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The head city of the canton is San Juan.
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- Tibás
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- es
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- Canton
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- Costa Rica San José#Costa Rica
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- Tibás canton location in San José Province##Tibás canton location in Costa Rica
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- Tibás canton location in San José Province##Tibás canton location in Costa Rica
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- Bandera Tibás.svg
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- Escudo del cantón de Tibás.svg
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- Tibás canton
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- Tibás canton
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- Creation
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- 7 August 1868
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- Country
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- Province
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- San José
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- Head city
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- San Juan
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- Municipality
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Tibás is the thirteenth canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The head city of the canton is San Juan.
== History == Tibás was created on 26 June 1914 by decree 31. It was formerly known as San Juan del Murciélago and was meant to be the capital of the country, at least according to ex-president Braulio Carrillo, this is the reason the town was originally designed with such a neat array of perfectly aligned blocks, cut by the streets running from North to South and the avenues from East to West.
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