# Chires

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District in San José province, Costa Rica

District in San José, Costa Rica

Chires District Interactive map of Chires Chires Chires district location in Costa Rica Coordinates: 9°39′10″N 84°23′36″W / 9.652831°N 84.3932434°W / 9.652831; -84.3932434 Country Costa Rica Province San José Canton Puriscal Creation 3 November 1983 Area • Total 230.47 km2 (88.98 sq mi) Elevation 430 m (1,410 ft) Population (2011) • Total 3,031 • Density 13.15/km2 (34.06/sq mi) Time zone UTC−06:00 Postal code 10409

**Chires** is a [district](/source/Districts_of_Costa_Rica) of the [Puriscal](/source/Puriscal_(canton)) canton, in the [San José](/source/San_Jos%C3%A9_Province) province of [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica).[1][2]

## History

Chires was created on 3 November 1983 by Acuerdo 230. Segregated from [Mercedes Sur](/source/Mercedes_Sur_District).[2]

## Geography

Chires has an area of 230.47 km2[3] and an elevation of 430 metres.[1]

## Demographics

‹ The [template](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template) *[Historical populations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Historical_populations)* is being [considered for merging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2026_June_24#Template:Infobox_demographics). ›

Historical population Census Pop. ±% p.a. 1984 3,246 — 2000 2,806 −0.91% 2011 3,031 +0.70% 2022 3,022 −0.03% Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the [2011 census](/source/Costa_Rica_2011_Census), Chires had a population of 3,031 inhabitants.[6]

## Transportation

### Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

- [National Route 239](/source/National_Route_239_(Costa_Rica))

- [National Route 318](/source/National_Route_318_(Costa_Rica))

- [National Route 319](/source/National_Route_319_(Costa_Rica))

## References

- [Costa Rica portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Costa_Rica)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-divadm_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-divadm_1-1) ["Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP"](http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1&nValor2=88416&nValor3=115607&param2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=1&strSim=simp). *Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica* (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dta2017_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dta2017_2-1) [*División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica*](https://www.imprentanacional.go.cr/editorialdigital/libros/historiaygeografia/division_17.pdf) (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-9977-58-477-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-9977-58-477-5).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-inecarea_3-0)** ["Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo"](https://web.archive.org/web/20201024225203/https://www.inec.cr/anuario-estadistico/anuario-estadistico-geografia). *Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos* (in Spanish). Archived from [the original](https://www.inec.cr/anuario-estadistico/anuario-estadistico-geografia) on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos"](https://www.inec.cr/) (in Spanish).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. ["Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas"](https://censos.ccp.ucr.ac.cr/) (in Spanish).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-censo2011_6-0)** ["Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito"](https://www.inec.cr/censos/censos-2011). *Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos* (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.

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