Zapote

District in San José canton, San José province, Costa Rica

District in San José, Costa Rica

9°55′13″N 84°03′33″W / 9.9203408°N 84.0592286°W / 9.9203408; -84.0592286Country

Costa RicaProvinceSan JoséCantonSan JoséArea

• Total2.87 km² (1.11 sq mi)Elevation

1,176 m (3,858 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total18,679 • Density6,500/km² (17,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Postal code

10105

Zapote the fifth district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. It is one of the administrative units surrounding San José downtown (officially composed of the districts of El Carmen, Merced, Hospital and Catedral). The district is primarily residential, although there are some government buildings, standing out the Presidential House, seat of the government.^[1]^[2]

Toponymy

Named after the sapote tree and its fruits, which is written zapote in Spanish.

Geography

Zapote has an area of 2.87 km²^[3] and an elevation of 1,176 metres.^[1]

It is located on the east of the canton, lying between Montes de Oca Canton and Curridabat Canton (bordering them to the north and to the east respectively). The district also borders San Francisco district to the south, and Catedral district to the west.^[4]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1864	773	—
1883	773	0.0%
1892	994	28.6%
1927	1,711	72.1%
1950	6,895	303.0%
1963	12,769	85.2%
1973	17,311	35.6%
1984	18,504	6.9%
2000	20,753	12.2%
2011	18,679	−10.0%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

For the 2011 census, Zapote had a population of 18,679 inhabitants.^[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 39
National Route 204
National Route 215

Locations

Zapote district includes the "barrios" (or neighbourhoods) of Alborada, Calderón Muñoz, Cerrito, Córdoba, Gloria, Jardín, Las Luisas, Mangos, Montealegre, Moreno Cañas, Quesada Durán, San Dimas, San Gerardo (part of it), Trébol, Ujarrás, Vista Hermosa, Yoses Sur and Zapote Centro. The main official building in the area is the Casa Presidencial, the government building for the President of Costa Rica (but not the residence, which would be the private residence of the presidente) and the executive power, established there since 1986.

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.
^ Mapa Cantonal del Censo de 1984, published by the National Institute of Statistics and Census(INEC) and updated by the Central American Population Center (CCP)
^ "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.