San Juan District, Abangares

San Juan
District
San Juan district
San Juan San Juan district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°13′22″N84°55′52″W / 10.2228926°N 84.9310158°W / 10.2228926; -84.9310158
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	Abangares
Area
• Total	107.46 km2 (41.49 sq mi)
Elevation	179 m (587 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,585
• Density	15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	50703

San Juan is a district of the Abangares canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. ^{[1] [2]}

Geography

San Juan has an area of 107.46 km² ^[3] and an elevation of 179 metres. ^[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the village of San Juan Grande.

Other villages are Arizona, Congo, Nancital, Portones, Pozo Azul Rancho Alegre (partly), Rancho Ania (partly), Tierra Colorada and Vainilla.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1927	962	—
1950	1,812	+2.79%
1963	1,793	−0.08%
1973	1,595	−1.16%
1984	1,475	−0.71%
2000	1,340	−0.60%
2011	1,585	+1.54%
2022	1,637	+0.29%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, San Juan had a population of 1,585. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 1

References

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. 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.