San Ramón (canton)

Canton in Alajuela province, Costa Rica

Canton in Alajuela, Costa Rica

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Nicknames:

Tierra de Poetas (Land of Poets)^[1]

San Ramón canton

10°13′06″N 84°35′57″W / 10.2182301°N 84.5992384°W / 10.2182301; -84.5992384Country

Costa RicaProvinceAlajuelaCreation21 August 1856^[2]Head citySan Ramón Districts

Districts

Government

• TypeMunicipality • BodyMunicipalidad de San RamónArea

• Total1,018.64 km² (393.30 sq mi)Elevation

974 m (3,196 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total80,566 • Density79/km² (200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Canton code202Website{{URL|example.com|optional display text}}

San Ramón is a canton in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.^[3]^[4] The head city is in San Ramón district.

History

San Ramón was created on 21 August 1856 by decree 17.^[2]

Geography

San Ramón has an area of 1,018.64 km²^[5] and a mean elevation of 974 metres.^[3]

An oddly-shaped canton, San Ramon stretches north through the eastern heights of the Cordillera de Tilarán, looking down on the Central Valley (Valle Central) to its east. The canton forms the border with the province of Guanacaste to the west.

Districts

The canton of San Ramón is subdivided into the following districts:

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1864	5,045	—
1883	10,111	100.4%
1892	9,928	−1.8%
1927	13,805	39.1%
1950	19,951	44.5%
1963	25,925	29.9%
1973	33,155	27.9%
1984	39,963	20.5%
2000	67,975	70.1%
2011	80,566	18.5%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[6] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[7]

For the 2011 census, San Ramón had a population of 80,566 inhabitants. ^[8]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 1
National Route 135
National Route 156
National Route 169
National Route 702
National Route 703
National Route 704
National Route 705
National Route 713
National Route 714
National Route 725
National Route 739
National Route 742
National Route 756
National Route 936

References

^ Barrantes Araya, Trino. "San Ramón ¿Tierra de poetas?". sanramoncr.com (in Spanish). Comunidad de San Ramón, Alajuela. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
^ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
^ "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.