San Rafael District, Montes de Oca

San Rafael
District
San Rafael district
San Rafael San Rafael district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°56′44″N 83°59′35″W / 9.9454726°N 83.9929725°W / 9.9454726; -83.9929725
Country	Costa Rica
Province	San José
Canton	Montes de Oca
Area
• Total	7.74 km2 (2.99 sq mi)
Elevation	1,340 m (4,400 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	9,692
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	11504

San Rafael is a district of the Montes de Oca canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.^[1][2]

San Rafael has an area of 7.74 km^2[3] and an elevation of 1,340 metres.^[1]

Barrios (neighborhoods): Alameda, Andrómeda, Begonia, Cuesta Grande (part), El Cristo (parte), Estéfana (part), Europa, Liburgia, Mansiones (part), Maruz, Salitrillos

For the 2011 census, San Rafael had a population of 9,692 inhabitants. ^[6]

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 Mata de Plátano District, it forms one of the main cypress production areas in all the Costa Rican Central Region.^[7]

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 202
• National Route 203
• National Route 306

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