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Orotina - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 9°54′08″N 84°31′30″W / 9.9023536°N 84.5250233°W

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Orotina
District
Orotina district
Orotina Orotina district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°54′08″N 84°31′30″W / 9.9023536°N 84.5250233°W / 9.9023536; -84.5250233
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Alajuela
Canton	Orotina
Area
• Total	21.59 km² (8.34 sq mi)
Elevation	229 m (751 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	9,664
• Density	450/km² (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal 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.	±% p.a.
1927	2,294	—
1950	3,018	+1.20%
1963	3,925	+2.04%
1973	5,038	+2.53%
1984	6,539	+2.40%
2000	8,045	+1.30%
2011	9,664	+1.68%
2022	10,880	+1.08%
Source: 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:

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).
^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (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.

v t e Districts of Alajuela Province
Alajuela	Alajuela San José Carrizal San Antonio Guácima San Isidro Sabanilla San Rafael Río Segundo Desamparados Turrúcares Tambor Garita Sarapiquí
San Ramón	San Ramón Santiago San Juan Piedades Norte Piedades Sur San Rafael San Isidro Los Ángeles Alfaro Volio Concepción Zapotal Peñas Blancas San Lorenzo
Grecia	Grecia San Isidro San José San Roque Tacares Puente de Piedra Bolívar
San Mateo	San Mateo Desmonte Jesús María Labrador
Atenas	Atenas Jesús Mercedes San Isidro Concepción San José Santa Eulalia Escobal
Naranjo	Naranjo San Miguel San José Cirrí Sur San Jerónimo San Juan El Rosario Palmitos
Palmares	Palmares Zaragoza Buenos Aires Santiago Candelaria Esquipulas La Granja
Poás	San Pedro San Juan San Rafael Carrillos Sabana Redonda
Orotina	Orotina El Mastate Hacienda Vieja Coyolar La Ceiba
San Carlos	Quesada Florencia Buenavista Aguas Zarcas Venecia Pital La Fortuna La Tigra La Palmera Venado Cutris Monterrey Pocosol
Zarcero	Zarcero Laguna Tapesco Guadalupe Palmira Zapote Brisas
Sarchí	Sarchí Norte Sarchí Sur Toro Amarillo San Pedro Rodríguez
Upala	Upala Aguas Claras San José (Pizote) Bijagua Delicias Dos Ríos Yolillal Canalete
Los Chiles	Los Chiles Caño Negro El Amparo San Jorge
Guatuso	San Rafael Buenavista Cote Katira
Río Cuarto	Río Cuarto Santa Rita Santa Isabel

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