Guadalupe, Costa Rica

District in Goicoechea canton, San José province, Costa Rica

District in San José, Costa Rica

9°56′58″N 84°03′04″W / 9.9494107°N 84.0512492°W / 9.9494107; -84.0512492Country

Costa RicaProvinceSan JoséCantonGoicoecheaArea

• Total2.38 km² (0.92 sq mi)Elevation

1,204 m (3,950 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total20,663 • Density8,700/km² (22,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Postal code

10801

Guadalupe is a district of the Goicoechea canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.^[1]^[2] It is the head city of the Goicoechea Canton, and now fully incorporated in the Metropolitan Area of San Jose.

History

Guadalupe acquired the title of city on 10 August 1920

Geography

Guadalupe has an area of 2.38 km²^[3] and an elevation of 1,204 metres.^[1]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1864	2,602	—
1883	2,763	6.2%
1892	1,369	−50.5%
1927	2,699	97.2%
1950	9,604	255.8%
1963	21,958	128.6%
1973	27,016	23.0%
1984	25,506	−5.6%
2000	23,723	−7.0%
2011	20,663	−12.9%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[5]

For the 2011 census, Guadalupe had a population of 20,663 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 39
National Route 108
National Route 200
National Route 201
National Route 205
National Route 218

Notable people

Ulises Segura - Soccer player for D.C. United

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.