2009

“An integrated look at Los Santos Region”

Capital: San José

Area: 51 100 Km²

Administrative division: 7 Provinces

81 Counties470 Districts

About Costa Rica

Population: 4,5 million people (Los Santos Region: 36 000 people)

Language: Spanish

Religion: Catholic (80 %)With freedom to choose their beliefs

Population

Climate:

Tropical weather (rainy and dry season well define)

Highest altitute:

Chirripó National Park ,Cordillera de Talamanca

( 3.820 meters avobe sea level)

Tropical conditions

Located in San José Province, Central Pacific

of Costa Rica

This zone is located 65 kilometers from the capital

city

Los Santos Region

Elevation :

900-2450 m.s.n.m

Average temperature:

18-25° Celsius

Rainfall average:

2 500 mm/year

Climate Conditions

Area: 400 Km²             

Population: 7 027 people

Dota County

Tarrazú County

Area: 298 Km²Population: 15

142

                       

Area: 120 Km²Population: 11

696

                       

León Cortés County

Colonizers came from the CentralValley of Costa Rica to this region (June, 1863)

The first coffee plantation dates around 1850

History

Coffee Avocado Cattle Tourism Blackberry Environmental

Services

Products from the Region

Planted area: Dota, Tarrazú, León Cortés

Varieties: Arabic

Altitude: 900- 1900 meters above sea level

Coffee

CoopeTarrazú (2600 members)

Coopedota (750 members)

CoopeLlano Bonito( 560 members)

Costa Rica has 73 000 coffee producers, 62% of

them are members of cooperatives

Coffee Cooperatives

Coffee and altitude

Uses (altitute) Area (ha)

Other uses 67 988

Coffee 1200-1900 m 12 447

Coffee > 1900 m 711

Coffee < 1200 m 649

From November to March.It is developed during the dry

season in the region

Harvesting Season

Coffee Process/Sundried

CattleHigh landsDos Pinos Cooperative collect the milk

Diversifying the production

Other products

Blackberry

National System of Conservation Areas

Los Santos Region: Central Pacific Conservation Area

Categories of management:

National ParkForestry ReserveBiological ReserveProtected Zone

Conservation Areas

Conservation Areas

Life Zones in the Region

Water Resources

Efforts for conservation

Forest vs Coffee

Environmental Education

Rural Tourism

Roads

3 Coffee cooperatives

1 Electricity cooperative (CoopeSantos R.L)

Institute of Coffee from Costa Rica)

Ministry (Agriculture, Health, Environmental,

etc)

Institutions in the Region

Pirrís Hydroelectric Project

Construction of a dam: 113 high

Second largest of this type in Central America

Head race tunnel: 11 km long

Costa Rican Electricity Institute

Culture

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