Pavas Explained

Pavas
Settlement Type:District
Pushpin Map:Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Alt:Pavas district location in Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Caption:Pavas district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates:9.9495°N -84.1392°W
Map Alt:Pavas district
Image Alt:Control tower and main terminal building, Tobias Bolaños International Airport, Pavas, San José, Costa Rica
Established Title:Creation
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:San José
Subdivision Type2:Canton
Subdivision Name2:San José
Area Total Km2:9.39
Elevation M:1044
Population Total:71384
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:10109

Pavas is the ninth district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.[1] [2] The district comprises Tobías Bolaños International Airport, San José's domestic airport.

Geography

Pavas has an area of km2 (the largest district in the canton) [3] and an elevation of metres.

It is adjacent to Escazú Canton to the south, and to Uruca and Mata Redonda districts to the north and east respectively.[4]

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Pavas had a population of inhabitants.[5]

Locations

Pavas District includes the "barrios" (or neighbourhoods) of Aeropuerto, Alfa, Bribri, Favorita Norte, Favorita Sur, Geroma, Gerona, Hispana, Libertad, Lomas del Río, Llanos del Sol, María Reina, Metrópolis, Pavas Centro, Residencia del Oeste, Rincón Grande, Rohrmoser, Rotonda, San Pedro, Santa Bárbara, Santa Catalina, Tajo, Triángulo, Villa Esperanza, and Zona Industrial.

Education

International schools include:

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

Rail transportation

The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this district.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: es . Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP . Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica . 26 September 2020 . 19 March 2019.
  2. Book: es . División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica. 8 March 2017. Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 978-9977-58-477-5.
  3. Web site: es . Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo . Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos . 26 September 2020.
  4. http://ccp.ucr.ac.cr/bvp/mapoteca/CostaRica/generales/atlas_cantonal_1984/03-San_Jose.pdf Mapa Cantonal del Censo de 1984
  5. Web site: es . Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito . Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos . 26 September 2020.
  6. "Contact." British School of Costa Rica. Retrieved on March 15, 2015. "Our Address From the end of the Rohrmoser Boulevard 125 m. North, Urbanización Santa Catalina Pavas, San José, Costa Rica"
  7. "Contáctenos." Colegio Humboldt. Retrieved on 15 March 2015. "Dirección: Contiguo a la Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Loreto, Pavas, San José"