Aserrí District

Aserrí
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Aserrí district
Aserrí district location in Costa Rica
Aserrí district location in Costa Rica
Aserrí
Aserrí district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°51′13″N 84°06′28″W / 9.8536736°N 84.1078075°W / 9.8536736; -84.1078075
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceSan José
CantonAserrí
Area
 • Total
15.25 km2 (5.89 sq mi)
Elevation
1,308 m (4,291 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
28,191
 • Density1,800/km2 (4,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
10601

Aserrí is a district of the Aserrí canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

Name

Aserrí takes its name from a Huetar tribe, also called the Accerri.[3][4]

Geography

Aserrí has an area of 15.25 km2[5] and an elevation of 1,308 metres.[1]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.±% p.a.
1864713—    
18831,037+1.99%
18921,239+2.00%
19272,711+2.26%
19503,541+1.17%
19635,778+3.84%
197311,653+7.27%
198420,968+5.49%
200023,844+0.81%
201128,191+1.53%
202229,112+0.29%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[6]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[7]

For the 2011 census, Aserrí had a population of 28,191 inhabitants. [8]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ Quesada Pacheco, Miguel Ángel, Los huetares: historia, lengua, etnografía y tradición oral, Cartago, Editorializing Tecnológica, 1996.
  4. ^ Clark, Patricia Roberts (21 October 2009). Tribal Names of the Americas: Spelling Variants and Alternative Forms, Cross-Referenced. McFarland. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7864-5169-2.
  5. ^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  7. ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
  8. ^ "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.
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