Pacayas

Pacayas
District
Pacayas district
Pacayas Pacayas district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°56′16″N83°49′03″W / 9.9377396°N 83.8174516°W / 9.9377396; -83.8174516 Coordinates: 9°56′16″N83°49′03″W / 9.9377396°N 83.8174516°W / 9.9377396; -83.8174516
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Cartago
Canton	Alvarado
Area
• Total	29.68 km2 (11.46 sq mi)
Elevation	1,735 m (5,692 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	5,628
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	30601

Pacayas is a district of the Alvarado canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica. ^{[1] [2]}

Geography

Pacayas has an area of 29.68 km² ^[3] and an elevation of 1,735 metres. ^[1]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1927	1,754		—
1950	2,192		25.0%
1963	2,795		27.5%
1973	3,400		21.6%
1984	3,760		10.6%
2000	5,386		43.2%
2011	5,628		4.5%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Pacayas had a population of 5,628 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 219
• National Route 230
• National Route 402
• National Route 417

Economy

It is the home of the cooperative Coopebaires R. L., the main wholesale distributor of potatoes, carrots, broccoli and other fresh vegetables in the north region of Cartago Province. ^[7]

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.
7. "Coopebaires R.L" . Retrieved 2 October 2020.