Puntarenas District

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Puntarenas
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
  Total34.6 km2 (13.4 sq mi)
Elevation
4 m (13 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total8,335
  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
CensusPop.
1864 1,502
1883 2,02434.8%
1892 2,53825.4%
1927 7,790206.9%
1950 15,660101.0%
1963 26,08266.6%
1973 26,9403.3%
1984 29,2248.5%
2000 9,559−67.3%
2011 8,335−12.8%

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:

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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. 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.