Santa Cruz 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

Turrialba Turrialba may refer to: Places * Turrialba Volcano * Turrialba Volcano National Park, created around Turrialba Volcano. * Turrialba (canton), located in Cartago Province Cartago (), which means Carthage in Spanish, is a Provinces of Costa Ri ...

canton, in the Cartago province of

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History

Santa Cruz was created on 14 February 1920 by Decreto 28. Segregated from Alvarado canton.

Geography

Santa Cruz has an area of km² and an elevation of metres.

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Santa Cruz had a population of inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes: * CR RNS 230

National Route 230 * CR RNT 417

National Route 417

Economy

Tourism

The

Guayabo National Monument Guayabo National Monument (), is an archaeological site near the city of Turrialba, within the Central Conservation Area in the Cartago Province, Costa Rica. It is almost directly in the center of the country on the Southern slope of the Turr ...

is located between this district and Santa Teresita district, both in Turrialba canton.

Dairy farms

The

Turrialba cheese Turrialba cheese is a cow's milk cheese originally from Turrialba canton, in the Cartago Province of Costa Rica, it is origin protected since 2012. History Production started in the 1870s when a Spanish family headed by Lucas Vargas came fr ...

is originally from and produced in this district.

References

Districts of Cartago Province Populated places in Cartago Province {{CartagoCR-geo-stub