| Cureña | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Cureña district location in Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Cureña district location in Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 10.6832°N -84.0477°W |
| Map Alt: | Cureña district |
| Established Title: | Creation |
| Established Date: | 6 October 1999 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Heredia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Canton |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sarapiquí |
| Area Total Km2: | 369.02 |
| Elevation M: | 30 |
| Population Total: | 951 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 41005 |
Cureña is a district of the Sarapiquí canton, in the Heredia province of Costa Rica.[1] [2]
Cureña was created on 6 October 1999 by Decreto Ejecutivo 28137-G.
It is located in the northern region of the country and borders the districts of La Virgen to the south, Puerto Viejo to the east, the province of Alajuela to the west and Nicaragua to the north.
Cureña has an area of km²[3] and an elevation of metres. It is the fourth district of the canton by area.
It presents a plain territory by dominated by the plains of Sarapiquí.
For the 2011 census, Cureña had a population of inhabitants. [4]
The 12 population centers of the district are:
As in its neighboring district of Llanuras del Gaspar, agriculture (banana, pineapple, yucca and banana) is the base of the local economy.
The district is covered by the following road routes: