Zapote

{{Short description|District in San José canton, San José province, Costa Rica}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Zapote

| settlement_type = District

| pushpin_map = Costa Rica

| pushpin_map_alt = Zapote district location in Costa Rica

| pushpin_map_caption = Zapote district location in Costa Rica

| coordinates = {{coord|9.9203408|-84.0592286|display=inline,title}}

| image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|type=shape|title=Zapote district}}

| map_alt = Zapote district

| map_caption = Zapote district

| image_skyline = IglesiaZapote.JPG

| image_alt = Catholic Church of Zapote located across the street from Parque Nicaragua, the district's main park.

| image_caption = Catholic Church of Zapote located across the street from Parque Nicaragua, the district's main park.

| established_title = Zapote

| established_date =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CRI}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = San José

| subdivision_type2 = Canton

| subdivision_name2 = San José

| area_total_km2 = 2.87

| elevation_m = 1176

| population_total = 18679

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone1 = UTC−06:00

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 10105

}}

Zapote the fifth district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. It is one of the administrative units surrounding San José downtown (officially composed of the districts of El Carmen, Merced, Hospital and Catedral). The district is primarily residential, although there are some government buildings, standing out the Presidential House, seat of the government.{{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}}{{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}}

Toponymy

Named after the sapote tree and its fruits, which is written zapote in Spanish.

Geography

Zapote has an area of {{formatnum:2.87}} km²{{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}} and an elevation of {{formatnum:1176}} metres.

It is located on the east of the canton, lying between Montes de Oca Canton and Curridabat Canton (bordering them to the north and to the east respectively). The district also borders San Francisco district to the south, and Catedral district to the west.[http://ccp.ucr.ac.cr/bvp/mapoteca/CostaRica/generales/atlas_cantonal_1984/03-San_Jose.pdf Mapa Cantonal del Censo de 1984], published by the National Institute of Statistics and Census(INEC) and updated by the Central American Population Center (CCP)

Demographics

{{CR Census population

|1864=773

|1883=773

|1892=994

|1927=1711

|1950=6895

|1963=12769

|1973=17311

|1984=18504

|2000=20753

|2011=18679

}}

For the 2011 census, Zapote had a population of {{formatnum:18679}} inhabitants.{{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}}

Transportation

= Road transportation =

The district is covered by the following road routes:

Locations

Zapote district includes the "barrios" (or neighbourhoods) of Alborada, Calderón Muñoz, Cerrito, Córdoba, Gloria, Jardín, Las Luisas, Mangos, Montealegre, Moreno Cañas, Quesada Durán, San Dimas, San Gerardo (part of it), Trébol, Ujarrás, Vista Hermosa, Yoses Sur and Zapote Centro. The main official building in the area is the Casa Presidencial, the government building for the President of Costa Rica (but not the residence, which would be the private residence of the presidente) and the executive power, established there since 1986.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20081207064751/http://www.msj.go.cr/gob_ciudad/zapote.html Municipalidad de San José. Distrito Zapote] – Website of San Jose Mayor, includes a map of the district and related info.

Category:Districts of San José Province

Category:Populated places in San José Province