San Ramón District, La Unión

San Ramón
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San Ramón district
San Ramón district location in Costa Rica
San Ramón district location in Costa Rica
San Ramón
San Ramón district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°56′14″N 83°59′19″W / 9.9372874°N 83.9886681°W / 9.9372874; -83.9886681
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceCartago
CantonLa Unión
Area
 • Total
3.47 km2 (1.34 sq mi)
Elevation
1,440 m (4,720 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
4,054
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
30307

San Ramón is a district of the La Unión canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

Geography

San Ramón has an area of 3.47 km²[3] and an elevation of 1,440 metres.[1]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.±% p.a.
1883128—    
1892316+10.56%
1927231−0.89%
1950512+3.52%
19631,191+6.71%
19731,805+4.25%
19842,505+3.02%
20004,640+3.93%
20114,054−1.22%
20224,639+1.23%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, San Ramón had a population of 4,054 inhabitants.[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

Economy

One of its main economic activities is the plantation of cypress, used as Christmas trees in Costa Rica. Along with its immediate neighbors San Rafael District and Mata de Plátano District, it forms one of the main cypress production areas in all the Costa Rican Central Region.[7]

References

  1. ^ 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. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 October 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). Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Árboles de navidad: Estado de la reforestación en Costa Rica" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.


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