Palmira District, Carrillo

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Palmira
Palmira District, Carrillo
Palmira district
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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 Flag of Costa Rica.svg  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
  Density170/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]

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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.
1883358    
1892553+4.95%
1927582+0.15%
1950374−1.90%
19631,187+9.29%
19731,574+2.86%
19842,529+4.41%
20003,974+2.86%
20115,416+2.85%
20226,791+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:

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.
  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.