# Colima District

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District in Tibás canton, San José province, Costa Rica

District in San José, Costa Rica

Colima District Interactive map of Colima Colima Colima district location in Costa Rica Coordinates: 9°57′26″N 84°05′23″W / 9.9571165°N 84.0897985°W / 9.9571165; -84.0897985 Country Costa Rica Province San José Canton Tibás Creation 17 August 1999 Area • Total 2 km2 (0.77 sq mi) Elevation 1,130 m (3,710 ft) Population (2011) • Total 13,525 • Density 6,800/km2 (18,000/sq mi) Time zone UTC−06:00 Postal code 11305

**Colima** is a [district](/source/Districts_of_Costa_Rica) of the [Tibás](/source/Tib%C3%A1s) canton, in the [San José](/source/San_Jos%C3%A9_Province) province of [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica).[1][2]

## History

Colima was created on 17 August 1999 by Decreto Ejecutivo 28109-G.[2]

## Geography

Colima has an area of 2 km2[3] and an elevation of 1,130 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. 2000 14,248 — 2011 13,525 −0.47% 2022 15,347 +1.16% Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the [2011 census](/source/Costa_Rica_2011_Census), Colima had a population of 13,525 inhabitants.[6]

## Transportation

### Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

- [National Route 39](/source/National_Route_39_(Costa_Rica))

- [National Route 101](/source/National_Route_101_(Costa_Rica))

### Rail transportation

The [Interurbano Line](/source/Interurbano_Line_(Costa_Rica)) operated by [Incofer](/source/Incofer) goes through this district.

## 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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