Zapotal District, Nandayure

Zapotal
District
Zapotal district
Zapotal Zapotal district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°56′11″N85°22′16″W / 9.9363428°N 85.3710653°W / 9.9363428; -85.3710653 Coordinates: 9°56′11″N85°22′16″W / 9.9363428°N 85.3710653°W / 9.9363428; -85.3710653
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	Nandayure
Area
• Total	105.18 km2 (40.61 sq mi)
Elevation	500 m (1,600 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,215
• Density	12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	50903

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

Geography

Zapotal has an area of 105.18 km² (40.61 sq mi) ^[3] and an elevation of 500 metres. ^[1]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1963	1,690		—
1973	1,719		1.7%
1984	1,508		−12.3%
2000	1,267		−16.0%
2011	1,215		−4.1%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos [4] Centro Centroamericano de Población [5]

For the 2011 census, Zapotal had a population of 1,215 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 160
• National Route 901
• National Route 902

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. "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (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.