Piedras Blancas District

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Piedras Blancas
Piedras Blancas District
Piedras Blancas district
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Piedras Blancas
Piedras Blancas district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 8°48′49″N83°15′29″W / 8.8137489°N 83.2579471°W / 8.8137489; -83.2579471
Country Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Province Puntarenas
Canton Osa
Creation27 November 1995
Area
  Total263.27 km2 (101.65 sq mi)
Elevation
30 m (100 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total4,138
  Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−06:00
Postal code
60505

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

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History

Piedras Blancas was created on 27 November 1995 by Decreto Ejecutivo 24819-G. [2]

Geography

Piedras Blancas has an area of 263.27 km² [3] and an elevation of 30 metres. [1]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.
2000 3,546
2011 4,13816.7%

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

For the 2011 census, Piedras Blancas had a population of 4,138 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. 1 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.