# Piedras Negras District

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District in Mora canton, San José province, Costa Rica

District in San José, Costa Rica

Piedras Negras District Piedras Negras district Piedras Negras Piedras Negras district location in Costa Rica Coordinates: 9°53′51″N 84°18′45″W / 9.8975624°N 84.3125517°W / 9.8975624; -84.3125517 Country Costa Rica Province San José Canton Mora Area • Total 14.84 km2 (5.73 sq mi) Elevation 505 m (1,657 ft) Population (2011) • Total 379 • Density 25.5/km2 (66.1/sq mi) Time zone UTC−06:00 Postal code 10704

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

## Geography

Piedras Negras has an area of 14.84 km2[3] and an elevation of 505 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. 1883 583 — 1892 768 +3.11% 1927 966 +0.66% 1950 870 −0.45% 1963 737 −1.27% 1973 662 −1.07% 1984 222 −9.46% 2000 318 +2.27% 2011 379 +1.61% 2022 656 +5.11% Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the [2011 census](/source/Costa_Rica_2011_Census), Piedras Negras had a population of 379 inhabitants.[6]

## Transportation

### Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

- [National Route 136](/source/National_Route_136_(Costa_Rica))

- [National Route 316](/source/National_Route_316_(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"](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). *Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica* (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Archived from [the original](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) on 24 February 2024. 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)** ["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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