| Santa Lucía | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Santa Lucía district location in Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Santa Lucía district location in Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 10.0264°N -84.1135°W |
| Map Alt: | Santa Lucía district |
| Image Alt: | Adobe home and gardens of former president Alfredo Gonzalez Flores at the Popular Culture Museum in Santa Lucía district. |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Heredia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Canton |
| Subdivision Name2: | Barva |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.87 |
| Elevation M: | 1159 |
| Population Total: | 7413 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 40205 |
Santa Lucía is the fifth district of the Barva canton, in the Heredia province of Costa Rica.[1] [2]
The name alludes to Saint Lucia of Syracuse.
On September 22, 1998 at 13:30, the district and its surroundings were impacted for 10 minutes by the most damaging tornado recorded in the country, with 179 damaged houses, affecting 600 people. The Spanish; Castilian: Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (National Weather Institute) still catalogued the event as weak.[3] [4] [5]
Santa Lucía has an area of km2[6] and an elevation of metres.
It is located in the Greater Metropolitan Area, in the central valley of the country, its borders are to the north with the Barva and San Pablo districts of the Barva canton, to the east the Ángeles district of San Rafael canton, to the south the San Josecito district of San Rafael canton, and to the west the Mercedes district of the Heredia canton.
Three Spanish; Castilian: quebradas (creeks, small rivers) cross the district from east to west: Seca creek, Burío creek and Palmar creek, the last two converge as tributaries that form the Burío river in the southern limit of the district.
There are several residential area completed projects: Urbanización Jardines de Santa Lucía, Urbanización Antiesquivo, Residencial Jardines del Beneficio, Residencial Malinche Real, Urbanización Villa Esmeralda, Residencial La Ronda, Urbanización Don Álvaro, Urbanización Doña Iris, Urbanización El Tajo.
For the 2011 census, Santa Lucía had a population of 7,413 inhabitants. [7]
The district is mostly a residential area, with small businesses to attend the necessities of its inhabitants. There is an still operating coffee receiving and processing plant, the Spanish; Castilian: Beneficio de Café Juan León e Hijos, and small coffee orchards.
There is one Spanish; Castilian: Centro de Cuido y Desarrollo Infantil (CECUDI) (daycare center) named Spanish; Castilian: Sueños de Algodón (Cotton Dreams),[8] and also one public primary school named Spanish; Castilian: Escuela Domingo González Pérez.[9]
There are offsite research facilities of the Spanish; Castilian: Escuela de Ciencias Agrarias (Agrarian Sciences School) of National University of Costa Rica (UNA), called the Spanish; Castilian: Finca Experimental Santa Lucía (Santa Lucía Experimental Farm).[10] Also the Spanish; Castilian: Instituto de Investigación y Servicios Forestales of UNA is located in the district.[11]
There is a private preschool and daycare center, Spanish; Castilian: Centro Educativo Bilingüe Cosquillitas.
There are two private education centers, Spanish; Castilian: Centro Educativo Montealto,[12] that teaches preschool, primary school, and high school, and Spanish; Castilian: Centro Educativo Shkénuk Montessori[13]
The Spanish; Castilian: [[Museo de Cultura Popular]] (Popular Culture Museum) is located in the district.
There are plans to build the Spanish; Castilian: Centro Cultural de Bandas (Musical bands cultural center) in the district, however there are allegations of corruption in the contracting procedures.[14] [15]
There is a Spanish; Castilian: Salón Comunal (community center), several urban parks and a public soccer pitch.
The Spanish; Castilian: Centro de Recreo (leisure center) of the workers union of the National University of Costa Rica is also located in the district.[16]
In 2002 the Catholic church of the district, Spanish; Castilian: Iglesia de Santa Lucía Virgen y Mártir which was a filial church of the Spanish; Castilian: Parroquia de San Bartolomé Apóstol in the Barva district, became the Spanish; Castilian: Parroquia de Santa Lucía Virgen y Mártir, a parish with its own filial church of Spanish; Castilian: Iglesia de la Medalla Milagrosa in the neighboring Barrio Peralta of San Josecito district, in the San Rafael canton.[17]
There is one English: Equipos Básicos de Atención Integral en Salud (Ebais) which provides basic first line health care, managed by the Costa Rican Social Security Fund.
Also a Spanish; Castilian: Hogar Crea for the rehabilitation and treatment of young persons with addiction issues.
The district is covered by the following road routes:
There are no railroad access and public transportation relies in bus lines and taxicabs.
The Spanish; Castilian: Empresa de Servicios Públicos de Heredia (Heredia Public Utilities Company), ESPH, is the main provider of electricity and potable water in the district. There are two water wells to extract water for their users in this and other districts, the Spanish; Castilian: Pozo Santa Lucía and Spanish; Castilian: Pozo Malinche Real, and two water tanks of their network, Spanish; Castilian: Tanque Antiesquivo and Spanish; Castilian: Tanque Santa Lucía.[18]
There are plans by ESPH for a sewage treatment plant for this and neighboring districts, as the community relies on residential septic tanks, which is common in the country.[19]
Telecommunications include fiber optic to the home (Provided by ICE Kölbi),[20] cable television and full cellular telephony coverage by ICE Kölbi, Claro and Movistar.