# Pavas

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District in San José canton, San José province, Costa Rica

District in San José, Costa Rica

Pavas District Control tower and main terminal building, Tobias Bolaños International Airport, Pavas, San José, Costa Rica Pavas district Pavas Pavas district location in Costa Rica Coordinates: 9°56′58″N 84°08′21″W / 9.9495224°N 84.1391744°W / 9.9495224; -84.1391744 Country Costa Rica Province San José Canton San José Area • Total 9.39 km2 (3.63 sq mi) Elevation 1,044 m (3,425 ft) Population (2011) • Total 71,384 • Density 7,600/km2 (19,700/sq mi) Time zone UTC−06:00 Postal code 10109

**Pavas** is the ninth [district](/source/Districts_of_Costa_Rica) of the [San José](/source/San_Jos%C3%A9_(canton)) canton, in the [San José](/source/San_Jos%C3%A9_Province) province of [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica).[1][2] The district comprises [Tobías Bolaños International Airport](/source/Tob%C3%ADas_Bola%C3%B1os_International_Airport), [San José](/source/San_Jos%C3%A9%2C_Costa_Rica)'s domestic airport.

## Geography

Pavas has an area of 9.39 km2 (the largest district in the canton) [3] and an elevation of 1,044 metres.[1]

It is adjacent to [Escazú Canton](/source/Escaz%C3%BA_Canton) to the south, and to [Uruca](/source/Uruca_District%2C_San_Jos%C3%A9_Canton) and [Mata Redonda](/source/Mata_Redonda_District%2C_San_Jos%C3%A9_Canton) districts to the north and east respectively.[4]

## 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. 1883 732 — 1892 954 +2.99% 1927 1,499 +1.30% 1950 2,127 +1.53% 1963 5,530 +7.63% 1973 18,068 +12.57% 1984 31,690 +5.24% 2000 76,177 +5.63% 2011 71,384 −0.59% 2022 83,573 +1.44% Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población[6]

For the [2011 census](/source/Costa_Rica_2011_Census), Pavas had a population of 71,384 inhabitants.[7]

## Locations

Pavas District includes the "barrios" (or neighbourhoods) of Aeropuerto, Alfa, Bribri, Favorita Norte, Favorita Sur, Geroma, Gerona, Hispana, Libertad, Lomas del Río, Llanos del Sol, María Reina, Metrópolis, Pavas Centro, Residencia del Oeste, Rincón Grande, Rohrmoser, Rotonda, San Pedro, Santa Bárbara, Santa Catalina, Tajo, Triángulo, Villa Esperanza, and Zona Industrial.

## Education

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding missing information. (March 2015)

British School of Costa Rica

International schools include:

- British School of Costa Rica[8]

- *[Colegio Humboldt](/source/Colegio_Humboldt_(Costa_Rica))* (*Humboldt-Schule*) - German school[9]

## Transportation

### Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

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

- [National Route 104](/source/National_Route_104_(Costa_Rica))

- [National Route 174](/source/National_Route_174_(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. **[^](#cite_ref-dta2017_2-0)** [*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/20200916045223/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 16 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Mapa Cantonal del Censo de 1984](http://ccp.ucr.ac.cr/bvp/mapoteca/CostaRica/generales/atlas_cantonal_1984/03-San_Jose.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150421225244/http://ccp.ucr.ac.cr/bvp/mapoteca/CostaRica/generales/atlas_cantonal_1984/03-San_Jose.pdf) 2015-04-21 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), published by the [National Institute of Statistics and Census](/source/National_Institute_of_Statistics_and_Census_of_Costa_Rica)(INEC) and updated by the Central American Population Center (CCP)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos"](https://www.inec.cr/) (in Spanish).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** 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_7-0)** ["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.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** "[Contact](http://www.thebritishschoolofcostarica.com/template-contact-2/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135434/http://www.thebritishschoolofcostarica.com/template-contact-2/) 2015-04-02 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)." British School of Costa Rica. Retrieved on March 15, 2015. "Our Address From the end of the Rohrmoser Boulevard 125 m. North, Urbanización Santa Catalina Pavas, San José, Costa Rica"

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** "[Contáctenos](http://www.humboldt.ed.cr/contenido/contactenos)." *[Colegio Humboldt](/source/Colegio_Humboldt_(Costa_Rica))*. Retrieved on 15 March 2015. "Dirección: Contiguo a la Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Loreto, Pavas, San José"

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