San Isidro (canton)

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San Isidro
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San Isidro (canton)
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San Isidro
San Isidro canton location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°01′48″N84°02′35″W / 10.0298852°N 84.0431476°W / 10.0298852; -84.0431476
Country Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Province Heredia
Creation13 July 1905 [1]
Head city San Isidro
Districts
Government
  Type Municipality
  BodyMunicipalidad de San Isidro
Area
  Total
26.96 km2 (10.41 sq mi)
Elevation
1,337 m (4,386 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total
20,633
  Density770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−06:00
Canton code406
Website www.munisanisidro.go.cr

San Isidro, also referred to as San Isidro de Heredia, [2] is a canton in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. [3] [4] The head city is in San Isidro district.

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History

San Isidro was created on 13 July 1905 by decree 40. [1]

Geography

San Isidro has an area of 26.96 km² [5] and a mean elevation of 1,337 metres. [3]

The canton is in the highlands northeast of the provincial capital city of Heredia. The Pará Blanca River forms its far northeastern border.

Districts

The canton of San Isidro is subdivided into the following districts:

  1. San Isidro
  2. San José
  3. Concepción
  4. San Francisco

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.±% p.a.
19272,744    
19502,849+0.16%
19634,061+2.76%
19735,979+3.94%
19848,528+3.28%
200016,056+4.03%
201120,633+2.31%
202222,806+0.91%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [6]
Centro Centroamericano de Población [7]

For the 2011 census, San Isidro had a population of 20,633 inhabitants. [8]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

References

  1. 1 2 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. "Inicio". www.munisanisidro.go.cr (in Spanish). Municipalidad de San Isidro de Heredia. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  3. 1 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.
  4. 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.
  5. "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  6. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  7. Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
  8. "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.