Santa Cruz District, Santa Cruz, Guanacaste

Santa Cruz
District
The town of Santa Cruz, administrative center of the canton and district of Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz district
Santa Cruz Santa Cruz district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°12′54″N85°36′52″W / 10.2148723°N 85.6145086°W / 10.2148723; -85.6145086
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	Santa Cruz
Area
• Total	289.6 km2 (111.8 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	21,544
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	50301

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

Geography

Santa Cruz has an area of 289.6 km^{2 [3]} and an elevation of 50 metres. ^[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the town of Santa Cruz.

Other villages in the district are Ángeles, Arado, Bernabela, Cacao, Cinto, Conga, Cuatro Esquinas, Chibola, Chircó, Chumico, Guayabal, Hato Viejo, Lagunilla, Lechuza, Limón, Moya, Puente Negro. Retallano (partly), Rincón, Río Caño Viejo, San Juan, San Pedro and Vistamar.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1883	660	—
1927	3,976	+4.17%
1950	5,232	+1.20%
1963	8,028	+3.35%
1973	10,672	+2.89%
1984	12,866	+1.71%
2000	17,486	+1.94%
2011	21,544	+1.92%
2022	29,634	+2.94%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Santa Cruz had a population of 21,544 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 21
• National Route 160
• National Route 904
• National Route 909
• National Route 931

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). Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. 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.