Naranjo de Alajuela

Naranjo
District
Naranjo district
Naranjo Naranjo district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°06′01″N84°23′24″W / 10.1001475°N 84.3900771°W / 10.1001475; -84.3900771
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Alajuela
Canton	Naranjo
Area
• Total	17.26 km2 (6.66 sq mi)
Elevation	1,043 m (3,422 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	15,936
• Density	920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	20601

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

Geography

Naranjo has an area of 17.26 km^{2 [3]} and an elevation of 1,043 metres. ^[1] It is in the Central Valley (Valle Central), 31 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital city of Alajuela, and 47 kilometers from the national capital city of San Jose. It is also in close proximity to Ciudad Quesada, the Northern Lowlands, Monteverde, Guanacaste, and Arenal.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1864	1,612		—
1883	1,126		−30.1%
1892	1,607		42.7%
1927	4,448		176.8%
1950	6,448		45.0%
1963	9,781		51.7%
1973	9,905		1.3%
1984	11,600		17.1%
2000	18,514		59.6%
2011	15,936		−13.9%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Naranjo had a population of 15,936 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 118
• National Route 141
• National Route 148
• National Route 706
• National Route 709
• National Route 715
• National Route 725

Notable People

• Brandon Aguilera, footballer.

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). 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.