Pilas District

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Pilas
Pilas District
Pilas district
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Pilas
Pilas district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°05′58″N83°25′16″W / 9.0993501°N 83.4211375°W / 9.0993501; -83.4211375
Country Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Province Puntarenas
Canton Buenos Aires
Creation20 January 1968
Area
  Total114.81 km2 (44.33 sq mi)
Elevation
250 m (820 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total1,659
  Density14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−06:00
Postal code
60305

Pilas is a district of the Buenos Aires canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. [1] [2]

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History

Pilas was created on 20 January 1968 by Decreto 7. Segregated from Buenos Aires. [2]

Geography

Pilas has an area of 114.81 km² [3] and an elevation of 250 metres. [1]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.
1973 1,505
1984 1,5976.1%
2000 1,575−1.4%
2011 1,6595.3%

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

For the 2011 census, Pilas had a population of 1,659 inhabitants. [6]

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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.