Florencia, San Carlos

Florencia
District
Florencia district
Florencia Florencia district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°21′59″N84°28′53″W / 10.3665081°N 84.4813611°W / 10.3665081; -84.4813611
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Alajuela
Canton	San Carlos
Area
• Total	198.54 km2 (76.66 sq mi)
Elevation	225 m (738 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	15,149
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	21002

Florencia is a district of the San Carlos canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica. ^{[1] [2]}

Location

It is located in the northern region of the country and borders with 3 districts; Cutris to the north, La Tigra to the west (also with the canton of San Ramón), Quesada and La Palmera to the east. While to the south it borders with the canton of Zarcero.

Its head, the city of Florencia, is located 9.7 km (22 minutes) to the NW of Ciudad Quesada and 116 km (2 hours 32 minutes) to the NW of San José the capital of the nation.

Geography

Florencia has an area of 198.54 km^{2 [3]} and an mean elevation of 225 metres. ^[1] with a range between 100 and 600 meters above sea level.

This variation of altitude is due to the fact that the southern part of the district is formed by the mountain foothills of the Central Mountain Range, while to the north, the territory follows a clear descent towards the plains of San Carlos.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1927	1,415		—
1950	4,299		203.8%
1963	7,394		72.0%
1973	7,237		−2.1%
1984	7,459		3.1%
2000	12,444		66.8%
2011	15,149		21.7%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Florencia had a population of 15,149 inhabitants. ^[6] It is the sixth most populated of the canton, behind of Quesada, Aguas Zarcas, Pocosol and La Fortuna. ^[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 4
• National Route 35
• National Route 141
• National Route 739
• National Route 748

Economy

Florence, the head, has health services, educational, financial, legal, lodging, post office, car repair, construction.

Entertainment services are also offered in nightly venues.

In terms of trade, the sale of fast foods, groceries, shoes, clothes, appliances and various accessories stands out.

See also

• Costa Rica portal

• Canton of San Carlos
• District of Quesada
• District of Buenavista
• District of Aguas Zarcas
• District of Venecia
• District of Pital
• District of La Fortuna
• District of La Tigra
• District of La Palmera
• District of Venado
• District of Cutris
• District of Monterrey
• District of Pocosol
• List of districts of Costa Rica

References

1. "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
2. División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN   978-9977-58-477-5.
3. "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
4. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
5. "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
6. "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
7. "2011 Census Population Report" (PDF). INEC. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-08-09.