Guacimal

For the river, see Guacimal River. Not to be confused with Guasimal.

Guacimal
District
Guacimal district
Guacimal Guacimal district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°13′16″N84°49′54″W / 10.2211318°N 84.8316769°W / 10.2211318; -84.8316769
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Puntarenas
Canton	Puntarenas
Creation	14 December 1939
Area
• Total	114.49 km2 (44.20 sq mi)
Elevation	368 m (1,207 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	923
• Density	8.1/km2 (21/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	60107

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

History

Guacimal was created on 14 December 1939 by Decreto Ejecutivo 45. ^[2]

Geography

Guacimal has an area of 114.49 km^{2 [3]} and an elevation of 368 metres. ^[1]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1950	2,294	—
1963	2,826	+1.62%
1973	1,258	−7.77%
1984	1,119	−1.06%
2000	990	−0.76%
2011	923	−0.64%
2022	1,339	+3.44%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Guacimal had a population of 923 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 605
• National Route 606

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. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. 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.