Santo Domingo District, Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo
District
Santo Domingo district
Santo Domingo Santo Domingo district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°58′46″N84°05′27″W / 9.9795411°N 84.0908374°W / 9.9795411; -84.0908374
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Heredia
Canton	Santo Domingo
Area
• Total	0.79 km2 (0.31 sq mi)
Elevation	1,170 m (3,840 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	4,730
• Density	6,000/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	40301

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

Geography

Santo Domingo has an area of 0.79 km^{2 [3]} and an elevation of 1,170 metres. ^[1]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1864	2,852	—
1883	2,519	−0.65%
1892	1,980	−2.64%
1927	2,550	+0.73%
1950	2,341	−0.37%
1963	3,608	+3.38%
1973	5,148	+3.62%
1984	5,032	−0.21%
2000	5,181	+0.18%
2011	4,730	−0.82%
2022	4,052	−1.40%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Santo Domingo had a population of 4,730 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 5
• National Route 103
• National Route 116

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.