Quepos (canton)

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Quepos
Quepos canton location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°24′47″N84°02′48″W / 9.412973°N 84.0467398°W / 9.412973; -84.0467398
Country Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Province Puntarenas
Creation30 October 1948 [1]
Head city Quepos
Districts
Government
  Type Municipality
  BodyMunicipalidad de Quepos
Area
  Total
543.77 km2 (209.95 sq mi)
Elevation
36 m (118 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total
26,861
  Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−06:00
Canton code606
Website muniquepos.go.cr

Quepos is a canton in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. [2] [3] The head city is in Quepos district.

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Toponymy

It was named Aguirre until February 2015, when its name was changed following a vote in the Legislative Assembly. The name Quepos refers to the Quepoa people who inhabited this area in pre-Columbian and colonial times.

History

Quepos was created on 30 October 1948 by decree 235. [1]

Geography

Quepos has an area of 543.77 km² [4] and a mean elevation of 36 metres. [2]

The canton lies along the central Pacific coast between the mouths of the Damas and Barú rivers. The northeastern border runs through high, remote coastal mountain ranges. The county is most famous for being the home of the Manuel Antonio National Park, the most visited national park in Costa Rica.

Districts

The canton of Quepos is subdivided into the following districts:

  1. Quepos
  2. Savegre
  3. Naranjito

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.±% p.a.
195015,291    
196319,942+2.06%
197314,473−3.15%
198413,319−0.75%
200020,188+2.63%
201126,861+2.63%
202232,416+1.72%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [5]
Centro Centroamericano de Población [6]

For the 2011 census, Quepos had a population of 26,861 inhabitants. [7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

References

  1. 1 2 Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN   9977-64-243-5. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  5. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  6. Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
  7. "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.