Cot District

Cot
District
Cot district
Cot Cot district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°53′20″N83°52′04″W / 9.8888853°N 83.8676795°W / 9.8888853; -83.8676795
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Cartago
Canton	Oreamuno
Area
• Total	15.05 km2 (5.81 sq mi)
Elevation	1,810 m (5,940 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	9,630
• Density	640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	30702

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

Geography

Cot has an area of 15.05 km² ^[3] and an elevation of 1,810 metres. ^[1]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1883	736		—
1892	817		11.0%
1927	1,335		63.4%
1950	1,806		35.3%
1963	2,489		37.8%
1973	3,492		40.3%
1984	4,595		31.6%
2000	7,813		70.0%
2011	9,630		23.3%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Cot had a population of 9,630 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 219
• National Route 230
• National Route 402

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. "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.