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San Joaquín
District
San Joaquín Church
San Joaquín Church
San Joaquín district location in Costa Rica
San Joaquín district location in Costa Rica
San Joaquín
Location in Costa Rica
Country  Costa Rica
Province Heredia
Canton Flores
Area
 • Total 2.58 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Elevation
1,054 m (3,458 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total 7,173
 • Density 2,780/km2 (7,201/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−06:00
Postal code
40801

San Joaquín is a district of the Flores canton, in the Heredia province of Costa Rica.

Toponymy

The town of San Joaquín de Flores is named after Saint Joachim, Mary's father.

Geography

San Joaquín has an area of 2.58 km² and an elevation of 1,054 metres.

Communities and settlements

San Joaquín de Flores District is further divided into smaller units called poblados (or communities) and barrios (or neighborhoods):

  • Santa Marta
  • Santísima Trinidad
  • Santa Cecilia
  • Llorente
  • Barrantes
  • Las Flores
  • Los Ángeles
  • Los Geranios
  • Echeverría
  • El Rosario
  • Cristo Rey
  • Corazón de Jesús

Important buildings

Plazasan
Plaza Llorente San Joaquin

San Joaquín church was built about 1880. Every rock that is part of the church was carried from Cartago by cart, 87 km away along the current national Route 225. Families of San Joaquín donated the statues that today decorate the church gardens. The Spanish painter Jose Claro—who also made paintings for a church in San Antonio de Prado, near Medellín, Colombia—painted the images inside the church. It has also a cavern with a Lourdes Virgin and armchairs made of stone to sit down and view the garden flowers.

Education

The official San Joaquin primary school is Escuela Estados Unidos de America Liceo Regional de Flores and Colegio Tecnico are the two public high schools located in San Joaquin.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1864 870
1883 1,266 45.5%
1892 1,641 29.6%
1927 1,343 −18.2%
1950 1,392 3.6%
1963 2,222 59.6%
1973 3,624 63.1%
1984 3,838 5.9%
2000 6,346 65.3%
2011 7,173 13.0%

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos
Centro Centroamericano de Población

For the 2011 census, San Joaquín had a population of 7,173 inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

  • CR RNS 123.svg National Route 123

Rail transportation

The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this district.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: San Joaquín (Flores) para niños

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