Pital, San Carlos

Pital
District
Pital district
Pital Pital district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°36′09″N84°14′51″W / 10.6024418°N 84.2473646°W / 10.6024418; -84.2473646
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Alajuela
Canton	San Carlos
Creation	5 November 1948
Area
• Total	379.61 km2 (146.57 sq mi)
Elevation	156 m (512 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	17,318
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	21006

Pital is a district of the San Carlos canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica. ^{[1] [2]}

History

Pital was created on 5 November 1948 by Decreto 36. ^[2]

Geography

Pital has an area of 379.61 km^{2 [3]} which makes it the third district of the canton by area and an elevation of 156 metres. ^[1]

It is located in the northern region of the country and borders with 3 districts; Venice to the south, Cutris and Aguas Zarcas to the west. While to the north it borders with Nicaragua and to the east with the province of Heredia.

Its head, the city of Pital, is located 28.6 km (50 minutes) NE of Quesada (Costa Rica) and 91.9 km (2 hours 30 minutes) to NW of San José the capital of the nation.

It is located at an elevation of 100 meters above sea level.

It is located at low altitude, because much of the district is located in the plains of San Carlos.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1950	1,435		—
1963	3,324		131.6%
1973	4,100		23.3%
1984	6,614		61.3%
2000	12,317		86.2%
2011	17,318		40.6%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Pital had a population of 17,318 inhabitants. ^[6]

It is the third most populated of the canton, only behind Quesada and Aguas Zarcas, but surpassing to La Fortuna and Florencia. ^[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 4
• National Route 250
• National Route 744
• National Route 745
• National Route 746

Settlements

The 18 population centers of the district are:

• Pital (head of the district)
• Piedra Alegre
• El Encanto
• Los Ángeles
• Veracruz
• Chaparrón
• El Palmar
• Golfito
• Cuatro Esquinas
• La Josefina
• Puerto Escondido
• Yucatán
• Tierras Buenas
• Coopeisabel
• Santa Elena
• El Saíno
• La Trinchera
• San Marcos

Economy

The economy is based on the extensive cultivation of pineapple for export purposes.

Livestock meat and milk also has great relevance in the area, as currently Pital Is the second district that produces more milk in the canton.

Pital center, has health services, educational, financial, food and some places of accommodation.

The trade is represented by supermarkets, shops and premises in which the sale of fast food, groceries, shoes, clothes and appliances and accessories in general stands out.

References

• Costa Rica portal

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. "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.
7. "2011 Census Population Report" (PDF). INEC. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-08-09.