San Pedro, Costa Rica

San Pedro is a district of the Montes de Oca canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.^[1][2]

San Pedro
District
San Pedro district
San Pedro San Pedro district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°55′59″N 84°02′49″W / 9.9331667°N 84.0469973°W / 9.9331667; -84.0469973
Country	Costa Rica
Province	San José
Canton	Montes de Oca
Area
• Total	4.7 km^2 (1.8 sq mi)
Elevation	1,205 m (3,953 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	23,977
• Density	5,100/km^2 (13,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	11501

Geography

San Pedro has an area of 4.7 km^2[3] and an elevation of 1,205 metres.^[1]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1883	764		—
1892	2,691		252.2%
1927	2,069		−23.1%
1950	6,413		210.0%
1963	17,342		170.4%
1973	23,721		36.8%
1984	24,519		3.4%
2000	26,524		8.2%
2011	23,977		−9.6%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[5]

For the 2011 census, San Pedro had a population of 23,977 inhabitants.^[6]

Locations

The district is home to the University of Costa Rica,^[7] Universidad Latina de Costa Rica,^[8] and other institutions of higher learning.

Residential and commercial development is very high and commercial buildings are slowly taking the place of previous quiet suburbs.

Barrios (neighborhoods): Alhambra, Azáleas, Carmiol, Cedral, Dent (part), Francisco Peralta (part), Fuentes, Granja, Kezia, Lourdes, Monterrey, Nadori, Oriente, Pinto, Prados del Este, Roosevelt, San Gerardo (part), Santa Marta, Saprissa, Vargas Araya, Yoses

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

•   National Route 2
•   National Route 39
•   National Route 202
•   National Route 203
•   National Route 306

Rail transportation

The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this district.

References

•  Costa Rica portal

1. "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.
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.
3. "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
4. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
5. "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
6. "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.
7. "Universidad de Costa Rica". Universidad de Costa Rica. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
8. "ULatina | Universidad Latina de Costa Rica". ulatina.ac.cr. Retrieved 2016-10-14.