San Rafael District, San Rafael

San Rafael
District
San Rafael district
San Rafael San Rafael district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°00′56″N84°05′57″W / 10.0156734°N 84.0991615°W / 10.0156734; -84.0991615
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Heredia
Canton	San Rafael
Area
• Total	1.3 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Elevation	1,264 m (4,147 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	9,668
• Density	7,400/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	40501

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

Geography

San Rafael has an area of 1.3 km² ^[3] and an elevation of 1,264 metres. ^[1]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1864	2,743	—
1883	3,818	+1.76%
1892	1,612	−9.14%
1927	1,542	−0.13%
1950	1,556	+0.04%
1963	2,835	+4.72%
1973	4,720	+5.23%
1984	7,141	+3.84%
2000	8,651	+1.21%
2011	9,668	+1.02%
2022	8,981	−0.67%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, San Rafael had a population of 9,668 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 113
• National Route 116
• National Route 503

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 16 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
4. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
5. Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (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.