La Fortuna, Bagaces Cantón

La Fortuna
District
La Fortuna district
La Fortuna La Fortuna district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°38′28″N85°10′40″W / 10.641037°N 85.1777178°W / 10.641037; -85.1777178
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	Bagaces
Creation	14 August 1968
Area
• Total	163.37 km2 (63.08 sq mi)
Elevation	430 m (1,410 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,756
• Density	17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	50402

La Fortuna is a district of the Bagaces canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. ^{[1] [2]}

History

La Fortuna was created on 14 August 1968 by Decreto 29. Segregated from Bagaces. ^[2]

Geography

La Fortuna has an area of 163.37 km² ^[3] and an elevation of 430 metres. ^[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the town of La Fortuna.

Other villages are Casavieja (partly), Cuipilapa, Giganta, Hornillas, Macuá, Martillete, Mozotal, Pozo Azul, Sagrada Familia, San Bernardo, San Joaquín, Santa Fe, Santa Rosa and Unión Ferrer.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1973	2,786		—
1984	2,494		−10.5%
2000	2,828		13.4%
2011	2,756		−2.5%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, La Fortuna had a population of 2,756 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 165

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.