San Joaquín de Flores

Coordinates: 10°00′22″N 84°09′14″W / 10.0059992°N 84.1538838°W / 10.0059992; -84.1538838
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San Joaquín
District
San Joaquín Church
San Joaquín Church
Map
San Joaquín district
San Joaquín district location in Costa Rica
San Joaquín district location in Costa Rica
San Joaquín
San Joaquín district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°00′22″N 84°09′14″W / 10.0059992°N 84.1538838°W / 10.0059992; -84.1538838
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceHeredia
CantonFlores
Area
 • Total2.58 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Elevation
1,054 m (3,458 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total7,173
 • Density2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
40801

San Joaquín is a district of the Flores canton, in the Heredia province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

Toponymy

The town of San Joaquín de Flores is named after

Mary
's father.

Geography

San Joaquín has an area of 2.58 km²[3] and an elevation of 1,054 metres.[1]

Communities and settlements

San Joaquín de Flores District is further divided into smaller units called poblados (or communities) and barrios (or neighborhoods):

  • Santa Marta
  • Santísima Trinidad
  • Santa Cecilia
  • Llorente
  • Barrantes
  • Las Flores
  • Los Ángeles
  • Los Geranios
  • Echeverría
  • El Rosario
  • Cristo Rey
  • Corazón de Jesús

Important buildings

Plaza Llorente San Joaquin

San Joaquín

Medellín, Colombia—painted the images inside the church. It has also a cavern
with a Lourdes Virgin and armchairs made of stone to sit down and view the garden flowers.

Education

The official San Joaquin primary school is Escuela Estados Unidos de America Liceo Regional de Flores and Colegio Tecnico are the two public high schools located in San Joaquin.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
2011
7,17313.0%

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the

2011 census, San Joaquín had a population of 7,173 inhabitants.[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

Rail transportation

The

Incofer
goes through this district.

External links

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. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. 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.


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