Monte Romo

Monte Romo
District
Monte Romo district
Monte Romo Monte Romo district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°57′48″N85°23′21″W / 9.963434°N 85.3890384°W / 9.963434; -85.3890384 Coordinates: 9°57′48″N85°23′21″W / 9.963434°N 85.3890384°W / 9.963434; -85.3890384
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	Hojancha
Creation	23 July 1999
Area
• Total	74.97 km2 (28.95 sq mi)
Elevation	685 m (2,247 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	671
• Density	9.0/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	51102

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

History

Monte Romo was created on 23 July 1999 by Decreto Ejecutivo 28027-G. Segregated from Hojancha. ^[2]

Geography

Monte Romo has an area of 74.97 km² ^[3] and an elevation of 685 metres. ^[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the village of Monte Romo.

Other villages in the district are Altos del Socorro, Bajo Saltos, Cabrera, Cuesta Roja, Delicias, Guapinol, Loros, Mercedes, Palmares, Río Zapotal, San Isidro and Trinidad.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
2000	799		—
2011	671		−16.0%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Monte Romo had a population of 671 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 902

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. "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.