Barranca District

Barranca
District
Barranca district
Barranca Barranca district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°00′05″N84°42′44″W / 10.0013335°N 84.7121014°W / 10.0013335; -84.7121014
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Puntarenas
Canton	Puntarenas
Creation	20 November 1965
Area
• Total	36.07 km2 (13.93 sq mi)
Elevation	27 m (89 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	30,650
• Density	850/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	60108

Barranca is a district of the Puntarenas canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. ^{[1] [2]}

History

Barranca was created on 20 November 1965 by Ley 3594. Segregated from Puntarenas. ^[2]

Geography

Barranca has an area of 36.07 km² ^[3] and an elevation of 27 metres. ^[1]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1973	5,883	—
1984	15,882	+9.45%
2000	33,493	+4.77%
2011	30,650	−0.80%
2022	34,827	+1.17%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Barranca had a population of 30,650 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 1
• National Route 17
• National Route 23

References

• Costa Rica portal

1. "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
2. División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN   978-9977-58-477-5.
3. "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
4. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
5. Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
6. "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.