Chires is a

district 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 county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

of the Puriscal canton, in the

San José San José or San Jose (Spanish for Saint Joseph) most often refers to: *San Jose, California, United States *San José, Costa Rica, the nation's capital San José or San Jose may also refer to: Places Argentina * San José, Buenos Aires ** San ...

province of Costa Rica.

History

Chires was created on 3 November 1983 by Acuerdo 230. Segregated from Mercedes Sur.

Geography

Chires has an area of km² and an elevation of metres.

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Chires had a population of inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes: * CR RNS 239

National Route 239 * CR RNT 318

National Route 318 * CR RNT 319

National Route 319

References

{{CostaRica-geo-stub Districts of San José Province Populated places in San José Province