Palmira District, Carrillo

Palmira
District
Palmira district
Palmira Palmira district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°32′43″N85°35′23″W / 10.5451789°N 85.5896198°W / 10.5451789; -85.5896198
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	Carrillo
Area
• Total	31.42 km2 (12.13 sq mi)
Elevation	24 m (79 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	5,416
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	50502

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

History

The district was originally known as Boquerones, a local word for Anchovies.

Geography

Palmira has an area of 31.42 km² ^[3] and an elevation of 24 metres. ^[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the village of Palmira.

Other villages in the district are Ángeles, Comunidad, Paso Tempisque (partly) and San Rafael.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1883	358	—
1892	553	+4.95%
1927	582	+0.15%
1950	374	−1.90%
1963	1,187	+9.29%
1973	1,574	+2.86%
1984	2,529	+4.41%
2000	3,974	+2.86%
2011	5,416	+2.85%
2022	6,791	+2.08%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Palmira had a population of 5,416 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 21
• National Route 151
• National Route 253
• National Route 254
• National Route 912

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.