Palmar District

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Palmar
Palmar District
Palmar district
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Palmar
Palmar district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 8°56′20″N83°25′30″W / 8.9387503°N 83.4249454°W / 8.9387503; -83.4249454
Country Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Province Puntarenas
Canton Osa
Area
  Total250.72 km2 (96.80 sq mi)
Elevation
26 m (85 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total9,815
  Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−06:00
Postal code
60502

Palmar is a district of the Osa canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. [1] [2]

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Geography

Palmar has an area of 250.72 km² [3] and an elevation of 26 metres. [1]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.
1950 7,718
1963 8,0524.3%
1973 13,66069.6%
1984 14,8458.7%
2000 9,906−33.3%
2011 9,815−0.9%

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4]
Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Palmar had a population of 9,815 inhabitants. [6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.[ dead link ]
  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.