Tibás

Tibás is the thirteenth canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica.^[2][3] The head city of the canton is San Juan.

Tibás
Canton
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Coordinates: 9°57′27″N 84°04′52″W / 9.9574805°N 84.0810853°W / 9.9574805; -84.0810853
Country	Costa Rica
Province	San José
Creation	7 August 1868^[1]
Head city	San Juan
Districts	Districts San Juan Cinco Esquinas Anselmo Llorente León XIII Colima
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Municipalidad de Tibás
Area
• Total	8.15 km^2 (3.15 sq mi)
Elevation	1,140 m (3,740 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	64,842
• Density	8,000/km^2 (21,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Canton code	113
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History

Tibás was created on 26 June 1914 by decree 31.^[3] It was formerly known as San Juan del Murciélago and was meant to be the capital of the country, at least according to ex-president Braulio Carrillo,^[4] this is the reason the town was originally designed with such a neat array of perfectly aligned blocks, cut by the streets running from North to South and the avenues from East to West.

Geography

Tibás has an area of 8.15 km²^[5] and a mean elevation of 1,140 metres.^[2]

The canton forms a northern suburb of the national capital city of San José. It is triangular in shape, with the Virilla River as its northern boundary. The Quebrada Rivera, a canyon, establishes the southwestern limit of the canton and also a portion of the southeastern boundary.

Districts

The canton of Tibás is subdivided into the following districts:

1. San Juan
2. Cinco Esquinas
3. Anselmo Llorente
4. León XIII
5. Colima

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1927	4,579		—
1950	10,594		131.4%
1963	23,946		126.0%
1973	35,602		48.7%
1984	57,693		62.0%
2000	72,074		24.9%
2011	64,842		−10.0%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[6] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[7]

For the 2011 census, Tibás had a population of 64,842 inhabitants.^[8]

Tibás includes both industrial and residential neighborhoods and is home of a popular football team in Costa Rica, Deportivo Saprissa and its stadium Estadio Ricardo Saprissa.

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

•   National Route 5
•   National Route 32
•   National Route 100
•   National Route 101
•   National Route 102
•   National Route 108
•   National Route 117

Rail transportation

The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this canton.

References

1. Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN 9977-64-243-5. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
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.
3. 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.
4. "Historia del Cantón de Tibás". Tibás. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
5. "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
6. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
7. "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
8. "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.