Mayorga de Liberia

Mayorga
District
Mayorga district
Mayorga Mayorga district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°50′56″N85°28′15″W / 10.8488568°N 85.47089°W / 10.8488568; -85.47089
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	Liberia
Creation	26 November 1971
Area
• Total	227.39 km2 (87.80 sq mi)
Elevation	366 m (1,201 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,599
• Density	7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	50103

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

History

Mayorga was created on 26 November 1971 by Decreto Ejecutivo 2077-G. Segregated from Cañas Dulces. ^[2]

Geography

Mayorga has an area of 227.39 km² ^[3] and an elevation of 366 metres. ^[1]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1973	956	—
1984	976	+0.19%
2000	1,288	+1.75%
2011	1,599	+1.99%
2022	2,360	+3.60%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Mayorga had a population of 1,599 inhabitants. ^[6]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is García Flamenco, other villages ar Argentina and Buenavista.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 1
• National Route 917

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). 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.