San Mateo | |
|---|---|
 Front of Catholic Church in San Mateo | |
San Mateo district | |
  San Mateo San Mateo district location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 9°58′04″N 84°32′17″W / 9.967698°N 84.5381055°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | Alajuela |
| Canton | San Mateo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 64.85 km2 (25.04 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 254 m (833 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,692 |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Postal code | 20401 |
San Mateo is a district of the San Mateo canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.[1][2]
Geography
San Mateo has an area of 64.85 km2[3] and an elevation of 254 metres.[1] It is located in the coastal lowlands near the central Pacific coast, 31 kilometers east of Caldera Port, 44 kilometers southwest of the provincial capital city of Alajuela and 53 kilometers from the national capital city of San Jose.
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1883 | 246 | — | |
| 1892 | 701 | 185.0% | |
| 1927 | 2,180 | 211.0% | |
| 1950 | 3,058 | 40.3% | |
| 1963 | 2,876 | −6.0% | |
| 1973 | 1,553 | −46.0% | |
| 1984 | 1,988 | 28.0% | |
| 2000 | 2,529 | 27.2% | |
| 2011 | 2,692 | 6.4% | |
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] |
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For the 2011 census, San Mateo had a population of 2,692 inhabitants. [6]
Transportation
Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
References
- 1 2 "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.
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