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Río Segundo District

district in Alajuela canton, Alajuela province, Costa Rica

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 12, 2025
Entity authorityQ3943216 ↗
Source-derived summary

Río Segundo is a district of the Alajuela canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.

Geography

Río Segundo has an area of 5.57 km2 and an elevation of 930 metres.

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Río Segundo had a population of 10,794 inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 1

National Route 3

National Route 111

National Route 119

National Route 153

Rail transportation

The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this district.

Editorial summary

“Río Segundo District” enters the record as district in Alajuela canton, Alajuela province, Costa Rica. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Segundo, District and district can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Segundo, District and district.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Río Segundo District” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Segundo, District and district provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 12, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3943216. Authority coordinates are 10.001, -84.194. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Río Segundo District”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Río Segundo District primary sources, Río Segundo District archive and Segundo research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Río Segundo District”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Río Segundo District” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.