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Tirrases
Tirrases is a district of the Curridabat canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. Toponymy The district takes its name of the Tirrá tree (Ulmus mexicana ''Ulmus mexicana'', the Mexican elm, is a large tree endemic to Mexico and Central America. It is most commonly found in cloud forest and the higher elevations () of tropical rain forest with precipitation levels of per year,Moreira, I. & Arnaez ...). History The Curridabat canton was founded on 21 August 1929, as the 18th province of San José. With the creation of the canton also was created the district. Geography Tirrases has an area of km2 and an elevation of metres. Demographics For the 2011 census, Tirrases had a population of inhabitants. Transportation Road transportation The district is covered by the following road routes: * National Route 210 * National Route 211 Education 6.98% of the population doesn't have any education. The district has two public schools: the ''Escuela Centroa ...
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Tirrases Barrio Residencial
Tirrases is a district of the Curridabat canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. Toponymy The district takes its name of the Tirrá tree (Ulmus mexicana ''Ulmus mexicana'', the Mexican elm, is a large tree endemic to Mexico and Central America. It is most commonly found in cloud forest and the higher elevations () of tropical rain forest with precipitation levels of per year,Moreira, I. & Arnaez ...). History The Curridabat canton was founded on 21 August 1929, as the 18th province of San José. With the creation of the canton also was created the district. Geography Tirrases has an area of km2 and an elevation of metres. Demographics For the 2011 census, Tirrases had a population of inhabitants. Transportation Road transportation The district is covered by the following road routes: * National Route 210 * National Route 211 Education 6.98% of the population doesn't have any education. The district has two public schools: the ''Escuela Centroa ...
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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 ...
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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

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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 ...
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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 ...
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Ulmus Mexicana
''Ulmus mexicana'', the Mexican elm, is a large tree endemic to Mexico and Central America. It is most commonly found in cloud forest and the higher elevations () of tropical rain forest with precipitation levels of per year,Moreira, I. & Arnaez, E. (2003) ''Ulmus mexicana'' (Liebm.) Planch., ''Tropical Tree Seed Manual'', 770–771, RNGR, USDA Forest Service, USA/ref> ranging from San Luis Potosi south to Chiapas in Mexico, and from Guatemala to Panama beyond. The tree was first described botanically in 1873. Description ''Ulmus mexicana'' is one of the tallest elm species, occasionally reaching a height of , and a d.b.h. of 2.5 m (8 feet), certainly one of the tallest trees in Mexico. The tree is also distinguished by its deeply fluted grey trunk, supporting a deep crown, its dense foliage casting a heavy shadow. The leaves vary widely in size from 3–16 cm in length by 2–7 cm breadth, elliptic to obovate, surface glossy, but dull on the unde ...
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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.Resultados Generales Censo 2011
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The province of San José is subdivided into 20 cantons. Canton (Capital): # San José ( San José) # Esc ...
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, and Maritime boundary, maritime border with Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around five million in a land area of . An estimated 333,980 people live in the capital and largest city, San José, Costa Rica, San José, with around two million people in the surrounding metropolitan area. The sovereign state is a Unitary state, unitary Presidential system, presidential Constitution of Costa Rica, constitutional republic. It has a long-standing and stable democracy and a highly educated workforce. The country spends roughly 6.9% of its budget (2016) on education, compared to a global average of 4.4%. Its economy, once heavily dependent on agricultu ...
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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.

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CR RNS 210
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CR RNS 211
CR or Cr may refer to: In business * Conversion rate, in marketing * Credit Record, in accounting * Crown Royal, a brand of Canadian whisky Organizations Religious organizations * Celtic reconstructionism, a form of Polytheism * Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence (Theatines), a Roman Catholic religious order * Community of the Resurrection, an Anglican religious order * Congregation of the Resurrection, a Catholic religious order Other organizations * Choose Responsibility, a US non-profit addressing alcohol consumption by young adults * College of the Redwoods, a public two-year community college in Humboldt County, California, US * College Republicans, a college branch of the US political party * Czech Radio, a public radio broadcaster in the Czech Republic People * C. Rajagopalachari, Indian politician * Christina Ricci, American actress * Chris Rock, American comedian and actor * Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer * Christopher Reeve, American act ...
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Districts Of San José Province
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district. By country/region Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (Persian ps, ولسوالۍ ) is a subdivision of a province. There are almost 400 districts in the country. Australia Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. New South Wales had several different types of districts used in the 21st century. Austria In Austria, the word is used with different meanings in three different contexts: * Some of the tasks of the administrative branch of the national and regional governments are fulfilled by the 95 district administrative offices (). The area a dist ...
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