San Rafael is a district of the Montes de Oca canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.

Geography San Rafael has an area of km2 and an elevation of metres.

Locations Barrios (neighborhoods): Alameda, Andrómeda, Begonia, Cuesta Grande (part), El Cristo (parte), Estéfana (part), Europa, Liburgia, Mansiones (part), Maruz, Salitrillos

Demographics

For the 2011 census, San Rafael had a population of inhabitants.

Economy One of its main economic activities is the plantation of cypress, used as Christmas trees in Costa Rica. Along with its immediate neighbors San Ramón District and Mata de Plátano District, it forms one of the main cypress production areas in all the Costa Rican Central Region.

Transportation Road transportation The district is covered by the following road routes: National Route 202 National Route 203 National Route 306

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