Coto Brus (canton)

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Coto Brus
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The surrounding topography of San Vito
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Coto Brus (canton)
Coto Brus canton
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Coto Brus
Coto Brus canton location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 8°53′20″N82°54′33″W / 8.8889753°N 82.9092434°W / 8.8889753; -82.9092434
Country Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Province Puntarenas
Creation10 December 1965 [1]
Head city San Vito
Districts
Government
  Type Municipality
  BodyMunicipalidad de Coto Brus
Area
  Total
933.91 km2 (360.58 sq mi)
Elevation
955 m (3,133 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total
38,453
  Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−06:00
Canton code608
Website www.municotobrus.go.cr

Coto Brus is a canton in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. [2] [3] The head city is in San Vito district.

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History

Coto Brus was created on 10 December 1965 by decree 3598. [1]

Geography

Coto Brus has an area of 933.91 km2 [4] and a mean elevation of 955 metres. [2]

The upland canton shares its eastern border with Panama. The northern limit is high in the Cordillera de Talamanca, and the southwestern boundary runs through the Fila Zapote, one of many small coastal mountain ranges inland from Costa Rica's Pacific coast.

Districts

The canton of Coto Brus is subdivided into the following districts:

  1. San Vito
  2. Sabalito
  3. Aguabuena
  4. Limoncito
  5. Pittier
  6. Gutiérrez Braun

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.±% p.a.
197319,971    
198431,650+4.27%
200040,082+1.49%
201138,453−0.38%
202246,351+1.71%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [5]
Centro Centroamericano de Población [6]

For the 2011 census, Coto Brus had a population of 38,453 inhabitants. [7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

References

  1. 1 2 Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN   9977-64-243-5 . Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "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.
  5. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  6. Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
  7. "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.