Zapote the fifth

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of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. It is one of the administrative units surrounding San José downtown (officially composed of the districts of El Carmen,

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, Hospital and Catedral). The district is primarily residential, although there are some government buildings, standing out the Presidential House, seat of the government.

Toponymy

Named after the

sapote Sapote (from Nahuatl ''tzapotl'') is a term for a soft, edible fruit. The word is incorporated into the common names of several unrelated fruit-bearing plants native to southern Mexico, Central America and northern parts of South America. It is al ...

tree and its fruits, which is written zapote in Spanish.

Geography

Zapote has an area of km² and an elevation of metres. It is located on the east of the canton, lying between

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and Curridabat Canton (bordering them to the north and to the east respectively). The district also borders

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district to the south, and Catedral district to the west.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)

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Zapote had a population of inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes: * CR RNP 39

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National Route 204 * CR RNS 215

National Route 215

Locations

Zapote district includes the "barrios" (or neighbourhoods) of Alborada, Calderón Muñoz, Cerrito, Córdoba, Gloria, Jardín, Las Luisas, Mangos, Montealegre, Moreno Cañas, Quesada Durán, San Dimas, San Gerardo (part of it), Trébol, Ujarrás, Vista Hermosa, Yoses Sur and Zapote Centro. The main official building in the area is the Casa Presidencial, the government building for the

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(but not the residence, which would be the private residence of the presidente) and the executive power, established there since 1986.

References

External links

Municipalidad de San José. Distrito Zapote
– Website of San Jose Mayor, includes a map of the district and related info. Districts of San José Province Populated places in San José Province {{CostaRica-geo-stub