Corredor District

Corredor
District
Corredor district
Corredor Corredor district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 8°36′30″N82°56′37″W / 8.6084554°N 82.9436875°W / 8.6084554; -82.9436875
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Puntarenas
Canton	Corredores
Creation	19 October 1973
Area
• Total	276.37 km2 (106.71 sq mi)
Elevation	46 m (151 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	17,250
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	61001

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

History

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

Geography

Corredor has an area of 276.37 km² ^[3] and an elevation of 46 metres. ^[1]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1973	14,452		—
1984	13,846		−4.2%
2000	16,718		20.7%
2011	17,250		3.2%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Corredor had a population of 17,250 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 2
• National Route 237
• National Route 238
• National Route 608
• National Route 614

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). 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.