| La Colonia | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | La Colonia district location in Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | La Colonia district location in Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 10.2713°N -83.7986°W |
| Map Alt: | La Colonia district |
| Established Title: | Creation |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Limón |
| Subdivision Type2: | Canton |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pococí |
| Area Total Km2: | 39.1 |
| Elevation M: | 180 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 70207 |
La Colonia is a district of the Pococí canton, in the Limón province of Costa Rica.[1] [2]
La Colonia was created on 11 June 2012 by Decreto Ejecutivo N° 24-2012-MGP.
La Colonia has an area of km2[3] and an elevation of metres.
It presents a flat landscape in the totality of its territory, with an average altitude of 5 meters on the level of the sea.
It is located in the central Caribbean region and borders the districts of Jiménez to the east and Guápiles to the south, to the west and to the north.
Its head, the village of San Rafael, is located 6 km (12 minutes) to the northwest of Guápiles and 68.7 km (1 hours 33 minutes) to the northeast of San José the capital of the nation.
For the 2011 census, La Colonia had not been created, therefore census data will be available until 2021. [4]
The population centers that make up the district are:
The district is covered by the following road routes: