La Palmera, San Carlos

La Palmera
District
La Palmera district
La Palmera La Palmera district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°21′55″N84°23′54″W / 10.3652639°N 84.3983932°W / 10.3652639; -84.3983932
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Alajuela
Canton	San Carlos
Creation	5 February 1952
Area
• Total	100.45 km2 (38.78 sq mi)
Elevation	350 m (1,150 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	6,321
• Density	63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	21009

La Palmera is a district of the San Carlos canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica. ^{[1] [2]}

History

La Palmera was created on 5 February 1952 by Decreto Ejecutivo 15. ^[2]

Geography

La Palmera has an area of 100.45 km^{2 [3]} which makes it the eleventh district of the canton by area and a mean elevation of 350 metres. ^[1]

It is located at an elevation range between 100 and 2200 meters above sea level. ^[4]

It is located in the northern region of the country and borders four districts; Cutris to the north, Aguas Zarcas to the East, Florencia and y Quesada to the west. While to the south it borders with the canton of Sarchí.

Its head, the town of La Palmera, is located 19.4 km (54 minutes) NE of Ciudad Quesada and 106 km (3 hours 4 minutes) to the NW of San Jose the capital of the nation.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1963	1,918		—
1973	2,432		26.8%
1984	2,844		16.9%
2000	4,608		62.0%
2011	6,321		37.2%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [5] Centro Centroamericano de Población [6]

For the 2011 census, La Palmera had a population of 6,321 inhabitants. ^[7] It is the tenth more populated district of the canton, behind of Quesada, Aguas Zarcas, Pital, La Fortuna, Florencia, Pocosol and Cutris.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 4
• National Route 140
• National Route 747
• National Route 748

Settlements

La Palmera has 6 population centers:

• La Palmera (head of the district)
• La Marina
• Santa Rosa
• Concepción
• San Francisco
• La Unión

Economy

The main activity of this place is livestock, and in less proportion the cultivation of citrus, sugar cane, roots and tubers. There is also the exploitation of calcium carbonate.

Tourist services are also offered in the facilities of La Marina and the thermal waters (shares sources with Aguas Zarcas) where you can appreciate the nature that characterizes the place.

La Palmera urban area, has health services, educational, restaurants and grocery stores.

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). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
4. "Situational diagnosis of the Canton of San Carlos" (pdf). Municipality of San Carlos.
5. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
6. "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (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.