Tirrases is a

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of the

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 ...

canton, in the

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province of

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Toponymy

The district takes its name of the Tirrá tree (

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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: * CR RNS 210

National Route 210 * CR RNS 211

National Route 211

Education

6.98% of the population doesn't have any education. The district has two public schools: the ''Escuela Centroamérica'' and ''Escuela 15 de Agosto''. Tirrases also has a public high school called ''Colegio Técnico Profesional Uladislao Gámez Solano'' (Fund 2006). This high school is located at the Catholic Church of ''Las Mercedes'' and had a population of 60 students in 2007.

Health

The health services are provided by the EBAIS (Equipo Básico de Atención Integral en Salud) located at ''Hacienda Vieja'', 200 north and 25 east from the ''Liceo de Curridabat''.

Security

As per the official statements domestic violence is the most common security issue, but non-official data shows that drugs and gang warfare are the main problems in this zone.

External links

Official page of Municipalidad de Curridabat
(Spanish)
Information about Curridabat canton
(Spanish)

References

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