| Mata de Plátano | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Mata de Plátano district location in Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Mata de Plátano district location in Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 9.955°N -83.999°W |
| Map Alt: | Mata de Plátano district |
| Established Title: | Creation |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | San José |
| Subdivision Type2: | Canton |
| Subdivision Name2: | Goicoechea |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.85 |
| Elevation M: | 1355 |
| Population Total: | 17370 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 10804 |
Mata de Plátano is a district of the Goicoechea canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.[1] [2]
Mata de Plátano has an area of km2[3] and an elevation of metres.
For the 2011 census, Mata de Plátano had a population of inhabitants.[4]
One of its main economic activities is the plantation of cypress, used as Christmas trees in Costa Rica. Along with its immediate neighbors San Ramón District and San Rafael District, it forms one of the main cypress production areas in all the Costa Rican Central Region.[5]
The district is covered by the following road routes:
The syndic is William García Arias.[6]