Concepción District, Alajuelita

For other uses, see Concepción#Geography.

Concepción
District
Concepción district
Concepción Concepción district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9.8898038°N 84.092889°W / 9.8898038; -84.092889
Country	Costa Rica
Province	San José
Canton	Alajuelita
Area
• Total	2.4 km^2 (0.9 sq mi)
Elevation	1,120 m (3,670 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	18,721
• Density	7,800/km^2 (20,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	11004

Concepción is a district of the Alajuelita canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.^[1][2]

Geography

Concepción has an area of 2.4 km^2[3] and an elevation of 1,120 metres.^[1]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1927	371	—
1950	492	+1.23%
1963	3,126	+15.28%
1973	9,280	+11.50%
1984	12,175	+2.50%
2000	19,268	+2.91%
2011	18,721	−0.26%
2022	17,269	−0.73%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, Concepción had a population of 18,721 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 105
• National Route 217

References

1. "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.
2. 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.
3. "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
4. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
5. Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
6. "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.