Puntarenas District

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Puntarenas
District
Puntarenas District
Puntarenas district
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Puntarenas
Puntarenas district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°59′22″N84°53′35″W / 9.9895775°N 84.8931864°W / 9.9895775; -84.8931864
Country Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Province Puntarenas
Canton Puntarenas
Area
 • Total
34.6 km2 (13.4 sq mi)
Elevation
4 m (13 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
8,335
 • Density240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−06:00
Postal code
60101

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

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Geography

Puntarenas has an area of 34.6 km2 [3] and an elevation of 4 metres. [1]

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.±% p.a.
18641,502—    
18832,024+1.58%
18922,538+2.55%
19277,790+3.26%
195015,660+3.08%
196326,082+4.00%
197326,940+0.32%
198429,224+0.74%
20009,559−6.75%
20118,335−1.24%
20226,653−2.03%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4]
Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

At the 2011 census, Puntarenas had a population of 8,335 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.
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