Orotina

Orotina is a district of the Orotina canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.^[1][2]

Orotina
District
Orotina district
Orotina Orotina district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9.9023536°N 84.5250233°W / 9.9023536; -84.5250233
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Alajuela
Canton	Orotina
Area
• Total	21.59 km2 (8.34 sq mi)
Elevation	229 m (751 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	9,664
• Density	450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	20901

Geography

Orotina has an area of 21.59 km^2[3] and an elevation of 229 metres.^[1] 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.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1927	2,294	—
1950	3,018	+1.20%
1963	3,925	+2.04%
1973	5,038	+2.53%
1984	6,539	+2.40%
2000	8,045	+1.30%
2011	9,664	+1.68%
2022	10,880	+1.08%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, Orotina had a population of 9,664 inhabitants.^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

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:

• National Route 3
• National Route 27
• National Route 137
• National Route 757

Airport plans

In 2017 the Government confirmed that Costa Rica's New Metropolitan International Airport will be built in Orotina in 2027.^[7] However, by December 2019, the plans were shelved indefinitely.^[8]

Schools

• Primo Vargas Valverde: an elementary school located across from the town park.
• Instituto Agropecuario de Orotina: a secondary school.
• Sistema Educativo Santa Fe Pacific: Kirden Garten, Elementary and High School
• San Rafael Highschool: High School
• Little People School: bilingual preschool.

References

• Costa Rica portal

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). 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.
7. "Las diez razones que justifican el Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional Metropolitano en Orotina". GobiernoCR (in European Spanish). 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
8. "Gobierno desiste de construir aeropuerto internacional en Orotina". Repretel. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.