San Mateo 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, municip ...

of the San Mateo canton, in the

Alajuela Alajuela () is a district in the Alajuela (canton), Alajuela canton of the Alajuela Province of Costa Rica. As the seat of the Municipality of Alajuela canton, it is awarded the status of city. By virtue of being the city of the first canton of ...

province of

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

Geography

San Mateo has an area of km² and an elevation of metres. It is located in the coastal lowlands near the central Pacific coast, 31 kilometers east of

Caldera Port Caldera Port (), is the main freight port in the Pacific side of Costa Rica, located in the Esparza canton of the Puntarenas province. Description There are two operating contiguous ports in the location, the regular container port with three d ...

, 44 kilometers southwest of the provincial capital city of

and 53 kilometers from the national capital city of San Jose.

Demographics

For the 2011 census, San Mateo had a population of inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes: * CR RNP 3

National Route 3 The following highways are numbered 3, H-3, PRI-3, AH3, E03 and R3. For roads numbered A3, see A3 roads. For roads numbered M3, see M3. For roads numbered N3, see N3. For roads numbered 3A, see 3A. International * Asian Highway 3 * Euro ...

National Route 131

References

Districts of Alajuela Province Populated places in Alajuela Province {{Alajuela-geo-stub