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Pavas
Pavas is the ninth district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. The district comprises Tobías Bolaños International Airport, San José's domestic airport. Geography Pavas has an area of km2 (the largest district in the canton) and an elevation of metres. It is adjacent to Escazú Canton to the south, and to Uruca and Mata Redonda districts to the north and east respectively. Demographics For the 2011 census, Pavas had a population of inhabitants. Locations Pavas District includes the "barrios" (or neighbourhoods) of Aeropuerto, Alfa, Bribri, Favorita Norte, Favorita Sur, Geroma, Gerona, Hispana, Libertad, Lomas del Río, Llanos del Sol, María Reina, Metrópolis, Pavas Centro, Residencia del Oeste, Rincón Grande, Rohrmoser, Rotonda, San Pedro, Santa Bárbara, Santa Catalina, Tajo, Triángulo, Villa Esperanza, and Zona Industrial. Education International schools include: * British School of Costa Rica * '' Colegio Humboldt'' (''Hum ... [...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 104 (Costa Rica)
National Secondary Route 104, or just Route 104 ( es, Ruta Nacional Secundaria 104, or ) is a National Road Route of Costa Rica, located in the San José province. Description It is the main road between the Mata Redonda district of San José canton, and Pavas canton. This road starts in the junction with Route 1 at the northeast corner of La Sabana Metropolitan Park, it is the north border road of the park. In San José province the route covers San José canton (Mata Redonda, Pavas Pavas is the ninth district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. The district comprises Tobías Bolaños International Airport, San José's domestic airport. Geography Pavas has an area of km2 (the largest distr ... districts). History In 2019 there were works to widen the road from two to four lanes, two in each direction. References Highways in Costa Rica {{CostaRica-national-route-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Route 39 (Costa Rica)
National Primary Route 39, or just Route 39 ( es, Ruta Nacional Primaria 39, or ) is a National Road Route of Costa Rica, located in the San José province. Its official name is (Second Republic Drive), is also known as (Loop Road), and is an incomplete ring road encircling the central districts of San José canton, the capital of the country. Description It is one of the main roads of the capital San José, its purpose is to avoid the congestion of the inner districts. Currently, it starts in Uruca, in Avenida 39, which then takes south and to the east, finishing in the Goicoechea junction to Route 108 and Route 100. It is designed as dual two-lane road. In San José province the route covers San José canton (Zapote, San Francisco de Dos Ríos, Uruca, Mata Redonda, Pavas, Hatillo, San Sebastián districts), Goicoechea canton ( Guadalupe, Calle Blancos districts), Montes de Oca canton ( San Pedro, Mercedes districts). Initially, eight roundabouts were construct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San José (canton)
San José is the first canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. It includes the national capital city of San José. The canton lies on a fertile plain at the eastern end of the Central Valley (Valle Central). The Virilla River and Torres River form the border on the north, while the Tiribí River marks the southern boundary. The canton encompasses San José city, composed by all of its districts, albeit partially Uruca, although the Greater Metropolitan Area reaches far beyond in all directions. The Mayor of San José Canton is Johnny Araya Monge (Partido Liberación Nacional). Geography San José has an area of km² and a mean elevation of metres. Districts The canton of San José is subdivided into the following districts: # Carmen # Merced # Hospital # Catedral # Zapote # San Francisco de Dos Ríos # Uruca # Mata Redonda # Pavas # Hatillo # San Sebastián Demographics For the 2011 census, San José had a population of inhabitants. Most of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruca District, San José Canton
Uruca is the seventh district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. It is an important industrial and commercial area of San José. Commonly known as La Uruca, it's the second biggest district by area (after Pavas), and recognized as a heavily congested transportation hub. Geography Uruca has an area of km² and an elevation of metres. It is the capital's western entrance. The canton's whole boundary with Heredia Province is confined in this district: Belén, Heredia and Santo Domingo cantons limit with La Uruca on its northern side, as well as San José's Escazú and Tibás. Merced, Mata Redonda and Pavas also border the district. published by the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Route 174 (Costa Rica)
National Secondary Route 174, or just Route 174 ( es, Ruta Nacional Secundaria 174, 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 (Pavas Pavas is the ninth district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. The district comprises Tobías Bolaños International Airport, San José's domestic airport. Geography Pavas has an area of km2 (the largest distr ... district). References Highways in Costa Rica {{CostaRica-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San José, Costa Rica
San José (; meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of the province of the same name. It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Central Valley, within San José Canton. San José is Costa Rica's seat of national government, focal point of political and economic activity, and major transportation hub. San José Canton's population was 288,054 in 2011, and San José's municipal land area is 44.2 square kilometers (17.2 square miles), with an estimated 333,980 residents in 2015. Together with several other cantons of the central valley, including Alajuela, Heredia and Cartago, it forms the country's Greater Metropolitan Area, with an estimated population of over 2 million in 2017. The city is named in honor of Joseph of Nazareth. Founded in 1736 by order of Cabildo de León, the population of San José rose during the 18th century through the use of colonial planning. It has historically been a city of strat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Incofer owns the national railway infrastructure and operates virtually all freight and passenger services, which consist primarily of commuter trains through the highly populated Central Valley. The whole Incofer network is narrow gauge, although there are several small tourist railways of other gauges. Unfortunately, much of the railway system requires major repairs. An August 2016 OECD report provided this summary about the infrastructure, including the railways: "The road network is extensive but of poor quality, railways are in disrepair and only slowly being reactivated after having been shut down in the 1990s ... Internal transportation overly relies on private road vehicles as the public transport system, especially railways, is inadeq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mata Redonda District, San José Canton
Mata Redonda is a district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. Geography Mata Redonda has an area of 3.69 km2 and an elevation of 1125 metres. It borders with two San José cantons, Escazú and Alajuelita, and with Pavas, Uruca, Merced, Hospital and Hatillo as well. published by the National Institute of Statistics and Census(INEC) and updated by the Central American Population Center (CCP) Locations Mata Redonda district includes the "barrios" (or neighbourhoods) of Americas, Anonos, Balcón Verde, Calle Morenos, El Rey ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colegio Humboldt (Costa Rica)
''Colegio Humboldt'' (german: Humboldt-Schule) is a German international school in Pavas, San José, Costa Rica, serving a student body that includes preschool through Abitur. The German School of Costa Rica was founded in 1912, initially only offering classes in kindergarten and primary school levels. The school closed during the two world wars, but with the support from the local German community in Costa Rica, was able to reopen in 1956 as the ''"Colegio Humboldt - Schule"'', and expanded to include secondary school classes in 1975 with the addition of the ''"Nueva Secundaria"''. In addition to students with German backgrounds, the student body today includes pupils with backgrounds from other European countries as well as from the United States, and other countries in Latin America, including Colombia and Venezuela. Students generally enter the school at Kindergarten. In addition, the school offers a scholarship program which supports a number of Costa Rican students with h ... [...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] |
Tobías Bolaños International Airport
Tobías Bolaños International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional Tobías Bolaños) is one of four international airports in Costa Rica, and the secondary airport serving the city of San José, after Juan Santamaría International Airport. It is located in downtown San José, in Pavas District, San José Canton. The airport is named for Costa Rican pilot Tobias Bolaños Palma (1892-1953). The airport has one runway (1566mx23m). It lies at an elevation of 1002 meters AMSL. The airport has no instrument approach procedures and can only accept VFR flights. This airport is the main base for general aviation in the country, as well as most private flight operations, charter flights, tourism. and aviation schools. Several companies offer charter services from this airport: Aerobell, CarmonAir, Prestige Wings,Taxiaereo among others. Airlines and destinations Aviation schools There are 8 flight schools operating out of Tobías Bolaños International Airport. Some offer additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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