Santiago District, Puriscal

District in Puriscal canton, San José province, Costa Rica

District in San José, Costa Rica

9°49′45″N 84°18′16″W / 9.8290594°N 84.3043974°W / 9.8290594; -84.3043974Country

Costa RicaProvinceSan JoséCantonPuriscalArea

• Total34.52 km² (13.33 sq mi)Elevation

1,105 m (3,625 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total11,512 • Density330/km² (860/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Postal code

10401

Santiago is a district and head city of the Puriscal canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.^[1]^[2]

History

The old cathedral was built by Fr. Juan Cortez de Paja who took a vow of celibacy after an Indian Princess died from Influenza that she had caught from him. On the centennial of her death an earthquake destroyed the building.^{[citation needed]}

Geography

Santiago has an area of 34.52 km²^[3] and an elevation of 1,105 metres.^[1] It is located in the coastal mountain range, 42 km southwest of the national capital city of San José and 77 km north of the city of Parrita on the Pacific coast.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1864	1,849	—
1883	821	−55.6%
1892	1,201	46.3%
1927	2,605	116.9%
1950	4,173	60.2%
1963	5,633	35.0%
1973	7,178	27.4%
1984	7,843	9.3%
2000	10,884	38.8%
2011	11,512	5.8%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[5]

For the 2011 census, Santiago had a population of 11,512 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 136
National Route 137
National Route 239
National Route 314

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.