Costa Rica's first local government was Garcimuñoz Castle, founded in 1561 by Costa Rica's conqueror Juan de Cavallón [REF].
The 1848 Constitution creates the figure of Provincial Municipal Council or Cabildo in each of the provincial capitals of the then five provinces; San José, Alajuela, Cartago, Heredia and Guanacaste and in the then Comarca of Puntarenas [REF].