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Naranjo de Alajuela

District in Naranjo canton, Alajuela province, Costa Rica

District in Alajuela, Costa Rica

10°06′01″N 84°23′24″W / 10.1001475°N 84.3900771°W / 10.1001475; -84.3900771Country

Costa RicaProvinceAlajuelaCantonNaranjoArea

• Total17.26 km² (6.66 sq mi)Elevation

1,043 m (3,422 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total15,936 • Density920/km² (2,400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Postal 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 km²^[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

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ 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.
^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
^ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
^ "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.