Colinas District

Colinas
District
Colinas district
Colinas Colinas district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°01′52″N83°27′50″W / 9.0309812°N 83.463763°W / 9.0309812; -83.463763
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Puntarenas
Canton	Buenos Aires
Creation	16 August 1968
Area
• Total	129.07 km2 (49.83 sq mi)
Elevation	340 m (1,120 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,371
• Density	11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	60306

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

History

Colinas was created on 16 August 1968 by Decreto 31. Segregated from Buenos Aires. ^[2]

Geography

Colinas has an area of 129.07 km² ^[3] and an elevation of 340 metres. ^[1]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1973	1,431	—
1984	1,757	+1.88%
2000	1,435	−1.26%
2011	1,371	−0.41%
2022	1,323	−0.32%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Colinas had a population of 1,371 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 331
• National Route 625

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.