Buenos Aires (Costa Rica)

This article is about the district in Puntarenas province. For the canton, see Buenos Aires (canton). For the district in Alajuela province, see Buenos Aires District, Palmares.

Buenos Aires
District
Buenos Aires district
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°11′54″N83°16′54″W / 9.1984622°N 83.2816226°W / 9.1984622; -83.2816226
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Puntarenas
Canton	Buenos Aires
Creation	26 June 1914
Area
• Total	555.37 km2 (214.43 sq mi)
Elevation	361 m (1,184 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	21,063
• Density	38/km2 (98/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	60301

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

History

Buenos Aires was created on 26 June 1914 by Ley 31. ^[2]

The district was originally inhabited by the Boruca natives. The settlement of peoples of Europeans descent began in 1870, when they began building a road from El Guarco to Boruca. Some settlements of different indigenous people of the region are found in the district (Bribri, Boruca and Cabecares).

Geography

Buenos Aires has an area of 555.37 km² ^[3] and an elevation of 361 metres. ^[1]

Geographically, the district is situated between the Térraba and El Dique rivers and the Talamanca mountain range. One of the attractions of the place are perfectly formed spherical granite rocks.

Locations

Administrative center of the district is the town of Buenos Aires.

Other villages are Alto Alejo, Alto Brisas, Alto Calderón, Ánimas, Bajo Brisas, Bolas, Brujo, Cabagra (parte), Caracol, Ceibo, Colepato, Florida, Guanacaste, Guadalupe, López, Los Altos, Llano Verde, Machomontes, Palmital, Paso Verbá, Piñera, Platanares, Potrero Cerrado, Puente de Salitre, Río Azul, Salitre, San Carlos, San Miguel Este, San Miguel Oeste, San Vicente, Santa Cruz, Santa Eduvigis, Sipar, Ujarrás and Villahermosa.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1883	131		—
1927	1,308		—
1950	2,034		55.5%
1963	4,624		127.3%
1973	5,987		29.5%
1984	8,295		38.6%
2000	16,843		103.1%
2011	21,063		25.1%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Buenos Aires had a population of 21,063 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 2 (Pan-American Highway)
• National Route 246
• National Route 610

Airport

The city has an airfield, named BAI.

Economy

The economy is dominated by tourism and the cultivation of pineapple. Interesting eco-tourism offers exist, for example, accommodating tourists in the indigenous peoples towns, and taking courses in organic agriculture. ^[7]

Future

There are plans to build a dam on the river Térraba to generate electricity. This would create a lake of considerable dimensions. This project has so far not been carried out due to lack of funding, as well as the opposition of certain indigenous groups.

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. "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (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.
7. Economía de Buenos Aires.