{{Short description|District in San José canton, San José province, Costa Rica}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Pavas | settlement_type = [[Districts of Costa Rica|District]] | pushpin_map = Costa Rica | pushpin_map_alt = Pavas district location in Costa Rica | pushpin_map_caption = Pavas district location in Costa Rica | coordinates = {{coord|9.9495224|-84.1391744|display=inline,title}} | image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|type=shape|title=Pavas district}} | map_alt = Pavas district | map_caption = Pavas district | image_skyline = CRI Tobias Bolaños Airport 04 2010 5457.JPG | image_alt = Control tower and main terminal building, Tobias Bolaños International Airport, Pavas, San José, Costa Rica | image_caption = Control tower and main terminal building, Tobias Bolaños International Airport, Pavas, San José, Costa Rica | 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 = [[San José (canton)|San José]] | area_total_km2 = 9.39 | elevation_m = 1044 | population_total = 71384 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone1 = [[UTC−06:00]] | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 10109 }} '''Pavas''' is the ninth [[Districts of Costa Rica|district]] of the [[San José (canton)|San José]] 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¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=1&strSim=simp |website=Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica |access-date=26 September 2020 |date=19 March 2019}}</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> The district comprises [[Tobías Bolaños International Airport]], [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]'s domestic airport.
== Geography == Pavas has an area of {{formatnum:9.39}} km<sup>2</sup> (the largest district in the canton) <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=16 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916045223/https://www.inec.cr/anuario-estadistico/anuario-estadistico-geografia |url-status=dead }}</ref> and an elevation of {{formatnum:1044}} metres.<ref name="divadm" />
It is adjacent to [[Escazú Canton]] to the south, and to [[Uruca District, San José Canton|Uruca]] and [[Mata Redonda District, San José Canton|Mata Redonda]] districts to the north and east respectively.<ref>[http://ccp.ucr.ac.cr/bvp/mapoteca/CostaRica/generales/atlas_cantonal_1984/03-San_Jose.pdf Mapa Cantonal del Censo de 1984] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421225244/http://ccp.ucr.ac.cr/bvp/mapoteca/CostaRica/generales/atlas_cantonal_1984/03-San_Jose.pdf |date=2015-04-21 }}, published by the [[National Institute of Statistics and Census of Costa Rica|National Institute of Statistics and Census]](INEC) and updated by the Central American Population Center (CCP)</ref>
== Demographics == {{CR Census population |1864= |1883=732 |1892=954 |1927=1499 |1950=2127 |1963=5530 |1973=18068 |1984=31690 |2000=76177 |2011=71384 }} For the [[Costa Rica 2011 Census|2011 census]], Pavas had a population of {{formatnum:71384}} 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>
==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== {{expand section|date=March 2015|small=no}} [[File:The British School of Costa Rica.jpg|thumb|British School of Costa Rica]] International schools include: * British School of Costa Rica<ref>"[http://www.thebritishschoolofcostarica.com/template-contact-2/ Contact] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135434/http://www.thebritishschoolofcostarica.com/template-contact-2/ |date=2015-04-02 }}." 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"</ref> * ''[[Colegio Humboldt (Costa Rica)|Colegio Humboldt]]'' (''Humboldt-Schule'') - German school<ref>"[http://www.humboldt.ed.cr/contenido/contactenos Contáctenos]." ''[[Colegio Humboldt (Costa Rica)|Colegio Humboldt]]''. Retrieved on 15 March 2015. "Dirección: Contiguo a la Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Loreto, Pavas, San José"</ref>
== Transportation == === Road transportation === The district is covered by the following road routes: *[[File:CR RNP 39.svg|25px]] [[National Route 39 (Costa Rica)|National Route 39]] *[[File:CR RNS 104.svg|25px]] [[National Route 104 (Costa Rica)|National Route 104]] *[[File:CR RNS 174.svg|25px]] [[National Route 174 (Costa Rica)|National Route 174]]
=== Rail transportation === The [[Interurbano Line (Costa Rica)|Interurbano Line]] operated by [[Incofer]] goes through this district.
== References == {{Portal|Costa Rica}} {{Reflist}}
{{Districts of San José Province}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Districts of San José Province]] [[Category:Populated places in San José Province]]
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