Pavas

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.

Pavas
District
Control tower and main terminal building, Tobias Bolaños International Airport, Pavas, San José, Costa Rica
Pavas district
Pavas Pavas district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9.9495224°N 84.1391744°W / 9.9495224; -84.1391744
Country	Costa Rica
Province	San José
Canton	San José
Area
• Total	9.39 km2 (3.63 sq mi)
Elevation	1,044 m (3,425 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	71,384
• Density	7,600/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	10109

Geography

Pavas has an area of 9.39 km² (the largest district in the canton) ^[3] and an elevation of 1,044 metres.^[1]

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

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1883	732	—
1892	954	+2.99%
1927	1,499	+1.30%
1950	2,127	+1.53%
1963	5,530	+7.63%
1973	18,068	+12.57%
1984	31,690	+5.24%
2000	76,177	+5.63%
2011	71,384	−0.59%
2022	83,573	+1.44%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población[6]

For the 2011 census, Pavas had a population of 71,384 inhabitants.^[7]

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

British School of Costa Rica

International schools include:

• British School of Costa Rica^[8]
• Colegio Humboldt (Humboldt-Schule) - German school^[9]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 39
• National Route 104
• National Route 174

Rail transportation

The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this district.

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. Mapa Cantonal del Censo de 1984, published by the National Institute of Statistics and Census(INEC) and updated by the Central American Population Center (CCP)
5. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
6. Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
7. "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.
8. "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"
9. "Contáctenos." Colegio Humboldt. Retrieved on 15 March 2015. "Dirección: Contiguo a la Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Loreto, Pavas, San José"