Heredia (canton)

Heredia
Canton
Inmaculada Concepción Church, Heredia
Flag Seal
Heredia canton
Heredia Heredia canton location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°07′44″N84°02′31″W / 10.1289028°N 84.0419806°W / 10.1289028; -84.0419806 Coordinates: 10°07′44″N84°02′31″W / 10.1289028°N 84.0419806°W / 10.1289028; -84.0419806
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Heredia
Creation	7 December 1848 [1]
Head city	Heredia
Districts	Districts Heredia Mercedes San Francisco Ulloa Varablanca
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Municipalidad de Heredia
Area
• Total	282.6 km2 (109.1 sq mi)
Elevation	1,242 m (4,075 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	123,616
• Density	440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Canton code	401
Website	www.heredia.go.cr/en

Heredia is a canton in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. ^{[2] [3]} The head city is in Heredia district, and is also the provincial capital of Heredia Province.

History

Heredia was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167. ^[1]

Geography

Heredia has an area of 282.6 km² ^[4] and a mean elevation of 1,242 metres. ^[2]

The canton includes the areas south and west of the capital city of Heredia as far as the Virilla River and the National Route 1.

The non-contiguous district of Varablanca, that includes a large portion of Braulio Carrillo National Park high in the Cordillera Central, is also administered as part of Heredia Canton.

Districts

The canton of Heredia is subdivided into the following districts:

1. Heredia
2. Mercedes
3. San Francisco
4. Ulloa
5. Varablanca

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1864	14,073		—
1883	16,452		16.9%
1892	16,480		0.2%
1927	12,667		−23.1%
1950	19,898		57.1%
1963	30,919		55.4%
1973	36,487		18.0%
1984	54,896		50.5%
2000	103,894		89.3%
2011	123,616		19.0%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [5] Centro Centroamericano de Población [6]

For the 2011 census, Heredia had a population of 123,616 inhabitants. ^[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 1
• National Route 3
• National Route 5
• National Route 103
• National Route 106
• National Route 111
• National Route 112
• National Route 113
• National Route 120
• National Route 126
• National Route 171

Rail transportation

The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this canton.

References

1. Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN   9977-64-243-5 . Retrieved 5 October 2020.
2. "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.
3. 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.
4. "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
5. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
6. "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
7. "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.