Carmen District, Cartago

Carmen
District
Carmen district
Carmen Carmen district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°52′53″N83°54′57″W / 9.8814997°N 83.9157244°W / 9.8814997; -83.9157244
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Cartago
Canton	Cartago
Area
• Total	4.39 km2 (1.69 sq mi)
Elevation	1,515 m (4,970 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	17,425
• Density	4,000/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	30103

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

Geography

Carmen has an area of 4.39 km² ^[3] and an elevation of 1,515 metres. ^[1]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1864	1,547	—
1883	1,730	+0.59%
1892	2,054	+1.93%
1927	2,758	+0.85%
1950	2,442	−0.53%
1963	4,241	+4.34%
1973	7,392	+5.71%
1984	11,997	+4.50%
2000	15,980	+1.81%
2011	17,425	+0.79%
2022	19,265	+0.92%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Carmen had a population of 17,425 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 219

References

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.