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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
¡Thanks for your attention!