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Curridabat
Curridabat is a district of the Curridabat canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. Geography Curridabat has an area of km2 and an elevation of metres. It is situated on the eastern border of the San José capital city, north of Desamparados Canton, and south of Montes de Oca Canton. Demographics For the 2011 census, Curridabat had a population of inhabitants. Transportation Road transportation The district is covered by the following road routes: * National Route 2 * National Route 210 * National Route 211 * National Route 215 * National Route 221 * National Route 251 * National Route 252 Rail transportation The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer upright=1.20 , Universidad de Costa Rica station, San Pedro, Montes de Oca. Rail transport in Costa Rica is primarily under the stewardship of Incofer (Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles), an autonomous institution of the state. Incofe ... goes through this district. References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curridabat (canton)
Curridabat is the eighteenth canton in the San José province of Costa Rica. The head city the homonymous Curridabat. The canton forms a suburb of the national capital of San José, lying on the southeast edge of the city. History Curridabat was created on 21 August 1929 by decree 209. In 1930 the canton had a municipality with three ''regidores'', a Major (AKA ''Ejecutivo Municipal'') and ''Jefe político'' (both charges were in the same person). At this time the canton's population were 5,000 people, but with the time and the population grew and the municipality had to create a sanitation department to collect garbage, road, sidewalk maintenance and built some infrastructure. Then the municipality Council was expanded to five members by popular election in 1970. Geography Curridabat has an area of km² and a mean elevation of metres. Points of interest * ''Plaza del Sol'' (Sun's Plaza) a shopping center built between 1982 and 1983. At the time it was the most modern s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interurbano Line (Costa Rica)
Interurbano Line ( es, Tren Interurbano), is a commuter railway line in Costa Rica, operated by the national public railway operator Incofer. The line connects the provinces of Alajuela, Heredia, San José and Cartago. History Costa Rica had two main lines for freight and passenger transportation, the Pacific line (between San José and Puntarenas) and the Atlantic line (between Alajuela, through Heredia and San José to Limón), both of which converge in the San José canton, with the eponymous terminus station of each line a mere 2 kilometer apart, which are connected by rail. Between 1993 and 1995 a brief passenger service made use of the tracks, but it was not enough to keep Incofer working, as the institution have been running in a deficit for a long time, for which it was technically closed in 1995. Incofer then recreated the Interurbano as a commuter single line making use of this available infrastructure. The initial train line was between Pavas and Montes de Oca, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Route 221 (Costa Rica)
National Secondary Route 221, or just Route 221 ( es, Ruta Nacional Secundaria 221, or ) is a National Road Route of Costa Rica, located in the San José, Cartago provinces. Description In San José province the route covers Curridabat canton (Curridabat, Granadilla, Sánchez districts). In Cartago province the route covers La Unión canton ( Tres Ríos, Concepción, Dulce Nombre Dulce Nombre () is a municipality in the Honduran department of Copán Copán is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization in the Copán Department of western Honduras, not far from the border with Guatemala. This ancient Maya city ... districts). References Road transport in Costa Rica {{CostaRica-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Route 210 (Costa Rica)
National Secondary Route 210, or just Route 210 ( es, Ruta Nacional Secundaria 210, or ) is a National Road Network of Costa Rica, National Road Route of Costa Rica, located in the San José Province, San José province. Description In San José Province, San José province the route covers Desamparados (canton), Desamparados canton (San Antonio District, Desamparados, San Antonio district), Curridabat (canton), Curridabat canton (Curridabat District, Curridabat, Tirrases District, Tirrases districts). References Road transport in Costa Rica {{CostaRica-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Route 251 (Costa Rica)
National Secondary Route 251, or just Route 251 ( es, Ruta Nacional Secundaria 251, or ) is a National Road Route of Costa Rica, located in the San José, Cartago provinces. Description In San José province the route covers Curridabat canton ( Curridabat, Sánchez Sánchez is a Spanish family name. Historical origins "The illustrious Sanchez Family... is descended from one of a number of Gothic knights (caballeros) who in the year 714 escaped from the "barbara furia" of the Mohammedan invasion and took ... districts). In Cartago province the route covers La Unión canton ( Tres Ríos, San Juan, San Rafael districts). References Road transport in Costa Rica {{CostaRica-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Route 211 (Costa Rica)
National Secondary Route 211, or just Route 211 ( es, Ruta Nacional Secundaria 211, or ) is a National Road Route of Costa Rica, located in the San José province. Description In San José province the route covers San José canton (San Francisco de Dos Ríos district), Curridabat canton (Curridabat Curridabat is a district of the Curridabat canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. Geography Curridabat has an area of km2 and an elevation of metres. It is situated on the eastern border of the San José capital city, north of ..., Tirrases districts). References Road transport in Costa Rica {{CostaRica-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Route 215 (Costa Rica)
National Secondary Route 215, or just Route 215 ( es, Ruta Nacional Secundaria 215, or ) is a National Road Route of Costa Rica, located in the San José province. Description In San José province the route covers San José canton ( Hospital, Catedral, Zapote districts), Curridabat canton ( Curridabat district). References Road transport in Costa Rica {{CostaRica-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Route 2 (Costa Rica)
National Primary Route 2, formally known as (South Interamerican Road), is the southern segment of the Pan-American Highway (locally in Central America known as the Inter-American Highway) that traverses Costa Rica. Description The road begins in the (downtown, city center) districts of San José canton, just where Route 1 ends, at the east side of the La Sabana Metropolitan Park. The segment between Curridabat and Cartago canton is named , further south it is just known as . In San José province the route covers San José canton ( Hospital, Catedral districts), Montes de Oca canton ( San Pedro district), Dota canton ( Copey district), Curridabat canton ( Curridabat, Sánchez districts), Pérez Zeledón canton (San Isidro de El General, Daniel Flores, Rivas, San Pedro, Cajón, Páramo districts). In Cartago province the route covers Cartago canton ( San Nicolás, Aguacaliente o San Francisco, Guadalupe o Arenilla, Dulce Nombre districts), Paraíso canton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Route 252 (Costa Rica)
National Secondary Route 252, is an arterial road from Route 2 to Route 210 in Curridabat Curridabat is a district of the Curridabat canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. Geography Curridabat has an area of km2 and an elevation of metres. It is situated on the eastern border of the San José capital city, north of .... Description At only 1.6 kilometers, this road segment was required to continue the (Florencio del Castillo Highway) segment of Route 2, to the southeast of Curridabat canton, at this endpoint a right of way exists to further continue the road to further west in Curridabat canton. History From the Curridabat west endpoint, there have been plans of either building a tunnel to the Garantías Sociales roundabout of Route 39 or an elevated highway to Route 215 in Zapote district. References {{Road Transport in Costa Rica Road transport in Costa Rica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San José Province
San José () is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the central part of the country, and borders (clockwise beginning in the north) the provinces of Alajuela, Heredia, Limón, Cartago and Puntarenas. The provincial and national capital is San José. The province covers an area of 4,965.9 km². and has a population of 1,404,242. p. 22 Subdivisions The province of San José is subdivided into 20 cantons. Canton (Capital): # San José ( San José) # Esc ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Costa Rica
According to the Administrative divisions of Costa Rica, Territorial Administrative Division the Cantons of Costa Rica, cantons of Costa Rica are subdivided into 488 districts (''distritos''), each of which has a unique five digit postal code. Government organization Each canton is divided into districts whose number varies from canton to canton. Each district has a District Council chaired by a syndic, all popularly elected. The District Council is the interlocutor between the district and the municipal government and ensures the communal and neighborhood interests before the Municipal Council; although the direct administration of the district falls to the municipality, the District Councils also exercise administrative functions such as forwarding projects to the Council and supervising the work of the mayor. District Municipal Council There are eight District Municipal Councils (), in districts that area geographically distant from the head city of the canton where the mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa Rica 2011 Census
The Costa Rica 2011 Census was undertaken by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (''Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos'' (INEC)) in Costa Rica. The semi-autonomous government body, INEC, was created by Census Law No. 7839 on 4 November 1998. The census The census took place between Monday, 30 May 2011 and Friday, 3 June 2011 when 35,000 enumerators, mostly teachers, visited an estimated 1,300,000 households to count a population estimated before the census at about 4,650,000 individuals (the census itself counted 4,301,712 people).Semana del Censo Nacional: INEC pide a la población responder el Censo Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, Costa Rica, 2011-05-31. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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