| La Tigra | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | La Tigra district location in Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | La Tigra district location in Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 10.3555°N -84.5849°W |
| Map Alt: | La Tigra district |
| Established Title: | Creation |
| Established Date: | 5 February 1952 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alajuela |
| Subdivision Type2: | Canton |
| Subdivision Name2: | San Carlos |
| Area Total Km2: | 56.44 |
| Elevation M: | 290 |
| Population Total: | 6374 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 21008 |
La Tigra is a district of the San Carlos canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.[1] [2]
La Tigra was created on 5 February 1952 by Decreto Ejecutivo 15.
La Tigra has an area of km2[3] and an elevation of metres.
It is located in the northern region of the country and limits to the north with Florencia, to the south with San Ramón, to the east with Florencia and San Ramón.
Its head, the village of La Tigra, is located 27.9 km (48 minutes) to the east of Ciudad Quesada and 108 km (2 hours 36 minutes) to the northwest of San José the capital of the nation.
It is located at an elevation range of between 200 and 1100 meters above sea level.
For the 2011 census, La Tigra had a population of inhabitants. [4] It is the ninth most populated district of the canton.
La Tigra has 10 population centers:
The production of ornamental plants became, over the years, one of the main productive activities of this district, where the climate and the land lend themselves to the cultivation of large variety of species of export like dracaenas, Indian cane, orchids, deremensis, between others.
In addition to the plants, crops such as cassava, the ñampí, the tiquizque and the banana are planted, among others.
In turn, the arrival of tourism is glimpsed with the Bosque Eterno de Los Niños, which owns a rainforest with a great diversity of plants and animals that give life to the place.
The district is covered by the following road routes: