| Orotina | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Orotina district location in Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Orotina district location in Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 9.9024°N -84.525°W |
| Map Alt: | Orotina district |
| Established Title: | Creation |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alajuela |
| Subdivision Type2: | Canton |
| Subdivision Name2: | Orotina |
| Area Total Km2: | 21.59 |
| Elevation M: | 229 |
| Population Total: | 9664 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 20901 |
Orotina is a district of the Orotina canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.[1] [2]
Orotina has an area of km2[3] and an elevation of metres. It is in a relatively flat section on the west side of the coastal mountain range of Costa Rica, It is 26 kilometers northeast of the Pacific Ocean at Tárcoles, 48 kilometers southwest of the provincial capital city of Alajuela, and 66 kilometers from the national capital city of San Jose.
For the 2011 census, Orotina had a population of inhabitants.[4]
With the National Route 27 completed the time it takes to get from the capital to Orotina is just about 45 minutes, instead of the 80–90 minutes it used to take.
The district is covered by the following road routes:
In 2017 the Government confirmed that Costa Rica's New Metropolitan International Airport will be built in Orotina in 2027.[5] However, by December 2019, the plans were shelved indefinitely.[6]