| Venado | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Venado district location in Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Venado district location in Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 10.5654°N -84.7725°W |
| Map Alt: | Venado district |
| Established Title: | Creation |
| Established Date: | 14 April 1966 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alajuela |
| Subdivision Type2: | Canton |
| Subdivision Name2: | San Carlos |
| Area Total Km2: | 169.28 |
| Elevation M: | 252 |
| Population Total: | 1754 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 21010 |
Venado is a district of the San Carlos canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.[1] [2]
Venado was created on 14 April 1966 by Decreto Ejecutivo 18. Segregated from Grecia canton.
Venado has an area of km2[3] which makes it the seventh district of the canton by area and an elevation of metres.
Located three kilometers from the head of the district, there are caverns, which are 2000 meters long and are integrated by galleries, rooms, bathrooms, tunnels, windows, vents and chimneys.
In addition to the caves, there are rivers, forests and waterfalls.
It limits the northeast with the districts of Monterrey, the southeast with La Fortuna, the west and southwest with Tilarán and the northwest with the canton of Guatuso.
The direct connection that is offered by bus from the place is to Quesada.
For the 2011 census, Venado had a population of inhabitants.[4]
The district is covered by the following road routes:
The 14 population centers of the district are:
The main productive activity is the cattle raising of milk and meat and its derivatives (like the manufacture of cheeses) together with the production of roots and tubers.