La Ribera District
District in Belén canton, Heredia province, Costa Rica
District in Heredia, Costa Rica
9°59′38″N 84°10′55″W / 9.9938512°N 84.1819931°W / 9.9938512; -84.1819931
Costa Rica (2011)
40702
La Ribera, also spelled La Rivera, just Ribera or Rivera, is a district of the Belén canton, in the Heredia province of Costa Rica.[1][2]
Geography
La Ribera has an area of 4.28 km2[3] and an elevation of 953 metres.[1]
Locations
- Barrios: Fuente, Labores (partial), Vista Linda, Cristo Rey (partial).
- Poblado: Echeverría (partial).
- Intel, once a semiconductor foundry, these offices now focus on services.
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1892 | 622 | — |
| 1927 | 717 | +0.41% |
| 1950 | 940 | +1.18% |
| 1963 | 1,415 | +3.20% |
| 1973 | 2,592 | +6.24% |
| 1984 | 3,855 | +3.67% |
| 2000 | 5,687 | +2.46% |
| 2011 | 6,040 | +0.55% |
| 2022 | 7,753 | +2.30% |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5] | ||
For the 2011 census, La Ribera had a population of 6,040 inhabitants.[6]
Transportation
Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
National Route 1
National Route 3
National Route 111
National Route 129
Rail transportation
The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this district.
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). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. 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.
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Districts of Heredia Province- Heredia
- Mercedes
- San Francisco
- Ulloa
- Varablanca
- San Antonio
- La Ribera
- La Asunción
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