La Tigra, San Carlos

La Tigra
District
La Tigra district
La Tigra La Tigra district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°21′20″N84°35′05″W / 10.3555188°N 84.5848505°W / 10.3555188; -84.5848505
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Alajuela
Canton	San Carlos
Creation	5 February 1952
Area
• Total	56.44 km2 (21.79 sq mi)
Elevation	290 m (950 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	6,374
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	21008

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

History

La Tigra was created on 5 February 1952 by Decreto Ejecutivo 15. ^[2]

Geography

La Tigra has an area of 56.44 km^{2 [3]} and an elevation of 290 metres. ^[1]

It is located in the northern region of the country and limits to the north with Florencia, to the south with San Ramón, to the east with Florencia and San Ramón.

Its head, the village of La Tigra, is located 27.9 km (48 minutes) to the east of Ciudad Quesada and 108 km (2 hours 36 minutes) to the northwest of San José the capital of the nation.

It is located at an elevation range of between 200 and 1100 meters above sea level.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1963	1,653		—
1973	1,741		5.3%
1984	2,644		51.9%
2000	5,368		103.0%
2011	6,374		18.7%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, La Tigra had a population of 6,374 inhabitants. ^[6] It is the ninth most populated district of the canton.

Settlements

La Tigra has 10 population centers:

• La Tigra (head of the district)
• Concepción
• El Futuro
• San José
• San Pedro
• San Isidro
• San Miguel
• San Rafael
• La Lucha
• San Gerardo

Economy

The production of ornamental plants became, over the years, one of the main productive activities of this district, where the climate and the land lend themselves to the cultivation of large variety of species of export like dracaenas, Indian cane, orchids, deremensis, between others.

In addition to the plants, crops such as cassava, the ñampí, the tiquizque and the banana are planted, among others.

In turn, the arrival of tourism is glimpsed with the Bosque Eterno de Los Niños, which owns a rainforest with a great diversity of plants and animals that give life to the place.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 141
• National Route 702
• National Route 738

References

• Costa Rica portal

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.