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San Isidro, Vázquez de Coronado

district in Vázquez de Coronado canton, San José 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 revisionFeb 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ3947373 ↗
Source-derived summary

San Isidro is a district of the Vázquez de Coronado canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.

Geography

San Isidro has an area of 5.14 km2 and an elevation of 1,385 metres. The parish church was designed by Teodorico Quirós.

Demographics

For the 2011 census, San Isidro had a population of 16,625 inhabitants.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “San Isidro, Vázquez de Coronado” as district in Vázquez de Coronado canton, San José province, Costa Rica. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Isidro, Vázquez and Coronado.

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 value is orientation rather than verdict, with Isidro, Vázquez and Coronado providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “San Isidro, Vázquez de Coronado”, the useful work is to connect “district in Vázquez de Coronado canton, San José province, Costa Rica” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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 Feb 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3947373. VIAF identifies the subject as 138489758. The Library of Congress control number is n88286119. Authority coordinates are 9.974, -83.986. None of the 3 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 “San Isidro, Vázquez de Coronado”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow San Isidro, Vázquez de Coronado primary sources, San Isidro, Vázquez de Coronado archive and Isidro 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 “San Isidro, Vázquez de Coronado”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “San Isidro, Vázquez de Coronado” 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.