Huacas District

Huacas
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Huacas district
Huacas district location in Costa Rica
Huacas district location in Costa Rica
Huacas
Huacas district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°02′09″N 85°21′34″W / 10.0357253°N 85.35947°W / 10.0357253; -85.35947
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceGuanacaste
CantonHojancha
Creation23 July 1999
Area
 • Total
31.49 km2 (12.16 sq mi)
Elevation
570 m (1,870 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
707
 • Density22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
51104

Huacas is a district of the Hojancha canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

History

Huacas was created on 23 July 1999 by Decreto Ejecutivo 28027-G. Segregated from Hojancha.[2]

Geography

Huacas has an area of 31.49 km²[3] and an elevation of 570 metres.[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the village of Huacas.

Other villages in the district are Avellana, Pita Rayada, Río Blanco Oeste and Tres Quebradas.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.±% p.a.
2000697—    
2011707+0.13%
2022726+0.24%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, Huacas had a population of 707 inhabitants. [6]

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. ^ a b 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 24 October 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.
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