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Santa Cruz District, Turrialba

District in Turrialba canton, Cartago province, Costa Rica

District in Cartago, Costa Rica

10°00′37″N 83°45′16″W / 10.0103262°N 83.7545832°W / 10.0103262; -83.7545832Country

Costa RicaProvinceCartagoCantonTurrialbaCreation14 February 1920Area

• Total124.94 km² (48.24 sq mi)Elevation

1,475 m (4,839 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total3,208 • Density26/km² (67/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Postal code

30504

Santa Cruz is a district of the Turrialba canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.^[1]^[2]

History

Santa Cruz was created on 14 February 1920 by Decreto 28. Segregated from Alvarado canton.^[2]

Santa Cruz has an area of 124.94 km²^[3] and an elevation of 1,475 metres.^[1]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1927	1,644	—
1950	2,405	+1.67%
1963	3,193	+2.20%
1973	2,492	−2.45%
1984	2,659	+0.59%
2000	3,421	+1.59%
2011	3,208	−0.58%
2022	4,813	+3.76%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[5]

For the 2011 census, Santa Cruz had a population of 3,208 inhabitants. ^[6]

The district is covered by the following road routes:

The Guayabo National Monument is located between this district and Santa Teresita district, both in Turrialba canton.^[7]

The Turrialba cheese is originally from and produced in this district.

^ ^a ^b "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.
^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
^ "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Guayabo National Monument". SINAC. Retrieved 13 November 2020.