San Nicolás District, Cartago

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

San Nicolás
District
San Nicolás district
San Nicolás San Nicolás district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9.897072°N 83.9441678°W
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Cartago
Canton	Cartago
Area
• Total	29.44 km^2 (11.37 sq mi)
Elevation	1,445 m (4,741 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	25,948
• Density	880/km^2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	30104

Geography

San Nicolás has an area of 29.44 km²[3] and an elevation of 1,445 metres.[1]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1864	2,229		—
1883	2,002		−10.2%
1892	2,764		38.1%
1927	2,787		0.8%
1950	3,620		29.9%
1963	5,705		57.6%
1973	9,384		64.5%
1984	14,675		56.4%
2000	22,193		51.2%
2011	25,948		16.9%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, San Nicolás had a population of 25,948 inhabitants. [6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 2
• National Route 10
• National Route 218
• National Route 219
• National Route 236

Rail transportation

The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this district.

References

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.