Sardinal

Sardinal
District
Sardinal district
Sardinal Sardinal district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°32′04″N85°41′44″W / 10.5343352°N 85.6954664°W / 10.5343352; -85.6954664 Coordinates: 10°32′04″N85°41′44″W / 10.5343352°N 85.6954664°W / 10.5343352; -85.6954664
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	Carrillo
Area
• Total	261.43 km2 (100.94 sq mi)
Elevation	46 m (151 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	14,912
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	50503 [1]

Sardinal is a district of the Carrillo canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. ^{[2] [3]}

Geography

Sardinal has an area of 261.43 square kilometres (100.94 sq mi) ^[4] and an elevation of 46 metres (151 ft). ^[2]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the town of Sardinal.

Other villages in the district are Artola, Cacique, Coco, Guacamaya, Huaquitas, Libertad, Matapalo, Nancital, Nuevo Colón, Obandito, Ocotal, Pilas, Playa Hermosa, Playones, San Blas, Santa Rita and Zapotal. ^[2]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1883	797		—
1892	1,107		38.9%
1927	1,854		67.5%
1950	2,623		41.5%
1963	3,712		41.5%
1973	4,732		27.5%
1984	5,952		25.8%
2000	10,118		70.0%
2011	14,912		47.4%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [5] Centro Centroamericano de Población [6]

For the 2011 census, Sardinal had a population of 14,912 inhabitants. ^[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes: ^[8]

• National Route 151
• National Route 159
• National Route 254
• National Route 255
• National Route 911
• National Route 912

References

1. "Código Postal". Correos de Costa Rica.
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). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
5. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
6. "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (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.
8. "GeoPortal". Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transporte de Costa Rica. Retrieved 29 May 2020.