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Mata de Plátano District

Coordinates: 9°57′18″N 83°59′56″W / 9.9550225°N 83.9990136°W / 9.9550225; -83.9990136
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Mata de Plátano
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Mata de Plátano district
Mata de Plátano district location in Costa Rica
Mata de Plátano district location in Costa Rica
Mata de Plátano
Mata de Plátano district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°57′18″N 83°59′56″W / 9.9550225°N 83.9990136°W / 9.9550225; -83.9990136
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceSan José
CantonGoicoechea
Area
 • Total7.85 km2 (3.03 sq mi)
Elevation
1,355 m (4,446 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total17,370
 • Density2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
10804

Mata de Plátano is a district of the Goicoechea canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

Geography

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Mata de Plátano has an area of 7.85 km2[3] and an elevation of 1,355 metres.[1]

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.±% p.a.
1892228—    
1927557+2.58%
1950955+2.37%
19631,691+4.49%
19733,569+7.76%
19847,490+6.97%
200016,206+4.94%
201117,370+0.63%
202222,461+2.36%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, Mata de Plátano had a population of 17,370 inhabitants.[6]

Economy

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

Transportation

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Road transportation

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The district is covered by the following road routes:

Government

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The syndic is William García Arias.[8]

References

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  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. ^ 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. ^ 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). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Árboles de navidad: Estado de la reforestación en Costa Rica" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  8. ^ https://tse.go.cr/pdf/gobernantes/goicoechea.pdf [bare URL PDF]