La Colonia is a district of the Pococí canton, in the Limón province of Costa Rica.

[1][2] La Colonia was created on 11 June 2012 by Decreto Ejecutivo N° 24-2012-MGP.

[1] It presents a flat landscape in the totality of its territory, with an average altitude of 5 meters on the level of the sea.

It is located in the central Caribbean region and borders the districts of Jiménez to the east and Guápiles to the south, to the west and to the north.

Its head, the village of San Rafael, is located 6 km (12 minutes) to the northwest of Guápiles and 68.7 km (1 hours 33 minutes) to the northeast of San José the capital of the nation.