Orotina

District in Orotina canton, Alajuela province, Costa Rica

District in Alajuela, Costa Rica

9°54′08″N 84°31′30″W / 9.9023536°N 84.5250233°W / 9.9023536; -84.5250233Country

Costa RicaProvinceAlajuelaCantonOrotinaArea

• Total21.59 km² (8.34 sq mi)Elevation

229 m (751 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total9,664 • Density450/km² (1,200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Postal code

20901

Orotina is a district of the Orotina canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.^[1]^[2]

Geography

Orotina has an area of 21.59 km²^[3] and an elevation of 229 metres.^[1] It is in a relatively flat section on the west side of the coastal mountain range of Costa Rica, It is 26 kilometers northeast of the Pacific Ocean at Tárcoles, 48 kilometers southwest of the provincial capital city of Alajuela, and 66 kilometers from the national capital city of San Jose.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1927	2,294	—
1950	3,018	31.6%
1963	3,925	30.1%
1973	5,038	28.4%
1984	6,539	29.8%
2000	8,045	23.0%
2011	9,664	20.1%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[5]

For the 2011 census, Orotina had a population of 9,664 inhabitants.^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

With the National Route 27 completed the time it takes to get from the capital to Orotina is just about 45 minutes, instead of the 80–90 minutes it used to take.

The district is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 3
National Route 27
National Route 137
National Route 757

Airport plans

In 2017 the Government confirmed that Costa Rica's New Metropolitan International Airport will be built in Orotina in 2027.^[7] However, by December 2019, the plans were shelved indefinitely.^[8]

Schools

Primo Vargas Valverde: an elementary school located across from the town park.
Instituto Agropecuario de Orotina: a secondary school.
Sistema Educativo Santa Fe Pacific: Kirden Garten, Elementary and High School
San Rafael Highschool: High School
Little People School: bilingual preschool.

References

^ ^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.
^ "Las diez razones que justifican el Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional Metropolitano en Orotina". GobiernoCR (in European Spanish). 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
^ "Gobierno desiste de construir aeropuerto internacional en Orotina". Repretel. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.