Canoas District

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Canoas
Canoas District
Canoas district
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Canoas
Canoas district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 8°33′52″N82°53′13″W / 8.5644458°N 82.8868569°W / 8.5644458; -82.8868569
Country Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Province Puntarenas
Canton Corredores
Creation19 October 1973
Area
  Total
122.54 km2 (47.31 sq mi)
Elevation
128 m (420 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total
11,527
  Density94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−06:00
Postal code
61003

Canoas is a district of the Corredores canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. [1] [2]

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History

Canoas was created on 19 October 1973 by Ley 5373. Segregated from Golfito canton. [2]

Geography

Canoas has an area of 122.54 km2 [3] and an elevation of 128 metres. [1]

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.±% p.a.
19845,071    
20008,464+3.25%
201111,527+2.85%
202214,432+2.06%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4]
Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Canoas had a population of 11,527 inhabitants. [6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 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.