Granadilla District

{{Short description|District in Curridabat canton, San José province, Costa Rica}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Granadilla | settlement_type = [[Districts of Costa Rica|District]] | pushpin_map = Costa Rica | pushpin_map_alt = Granadilla district location in Costa Rica | pushpin_map_caption = Granadilla district location in Costa Rica | coordinates = {{coord|9.9309202|-84.023276|display=inline,title}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-point = none | map_alt = Granadilla district | map_caption = Granadilla district | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | established_title = Creation | established_date = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CRI}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[San José Province|San José]] | subdivision_type2 = Canton | subdivision_name2 = [[Curridabat (canton)|Curridabat]] | area_total_km2 = 3.52 | elevation_m = 1343 | population_total = 14778 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone1 = [[UTC−06:00]] | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 11802 }} '''Granadilla''' is a [[Districts of Costa Rica|district]] of the [[Curridabat (canton)|Curridabat]] canton, in the [[San José Province|San José]] province of [[Costa Rica]].<ref name="divadm">{{cite web |language=es |title=Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP |url=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 |website=Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica |access-date=26 September 2020 |date=19 March 2019 |archive-date=24 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224063957/https://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 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="dta2017">{{cite book |language=es |title=División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica|date=8 March 2017|publisher=Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional|isbn=978-9977-58-477-5|url=https://www.imprentanacional.go.cr/editorialdigital/libros/historiaygeografia/division_17.pdf}}</ref>

== Geography == Granadilla has an area of {{formatnum:3.52}} km<sup>2</sup><ref name="inecarea">{{cite web |language=es |title=Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo |url=https://www.inec.cr/anuario-estadistico/anuario-estadistico-geografia |website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos |access-date=26 September 2020 |archive-date=24 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024225203/https://www.inec.cr/anuario-estadistico/anuario-estadistico-geografia |url-status=dead }}</ref> and an elevation of {{formatnum:1343}} metres.<ref name="divadm" />

== Demographics == {{CR Census population |1864= |1883= |1892= |1927= |1950=1155 |1963=2316 |1973=3685 |1984=4940 |2000=11600 |2011=14778 }} For the [[Costa Rica 2011 Census|2011 census]], Granadilla had a population of {{formatnum:14778}} inhabitants.<ref name="censo2011">{{cite web |language=es |title=Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito |url=https://www.inec.cr/censos/censos-2011 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>

== Transportation == === Road transportation === The district is covered by the following road routes: *[[File:CR RNS 221.svg|25px]] [[National Route 221 (Costa Rica)|National Route 221]] *[[File:CR RNT 306.svg|25px]] [[National Route 306 (Costa Rica)|National Route 306]]

=== Rail transportation === The [[Interurbano Line (Costa Rica)|Interurbano Line]] operated by [[Incofer]] goes through this district.

== References == {{Portal|Costa Rica}} {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Districts of San José Province]] [[Category:Populated places in San José Province]]