Santa Elena District, La Cruz

Santa Elena
District
Santa Elena district
Santa Elena Santa Elena district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°53′37″N85°43′13″W / 10.8935505°N 85.7202529°W / 10.8935505; -85.7202529
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	La Cruz
Area
• Total	513.35 km2 (198.21 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,040
• Density	4.0/km2 (10/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	51004

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

Geography

Santa Elena has an area of 513.35 km² ^[3] and an elevation of 10 metres. ^[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the village of Cuajiniquil.

Other villages in the district are Cedros, Guaria, Puerto Castilla and Rabo de Mico (Aguacaliente).

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1973	717	—
1984	976	+2.84%
2000	1,806	+3.92%
2011	2,040	+1.11%
2022	2,297	+1.08%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Santa Elena had a population of 2,040 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 1
• National Route 913
• National Route 914
• National Route 937

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.