Palmira District, Cañas

Palmira
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Palmira district
Palmira district location in Costa Rica
Palmira district location in Costa Rica
Palmira
Palmira district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°35′35″N 85°05′15″W / 10.5931497°N 85.0875834°W / 10.5931497; -85.0875834
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceGuanacaste
CantonCañas
Creation30 November 1995
Area
 • Total
203.96 km2 (78.75 sq mi)
Elevation
225 m (738 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
988
 • Density4.8/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
50602

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

History

Palmira was created on 30 November 1995 by Decreto Ejecutivo 24809-G. Segregated from Cañas.[2]

Geography

Palmira has an area of 203.96 km²[3] and an elevation of 225 metres.[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the village of Palmira.

Other villages in the district are Aguacaliente, Paraíso (partly), San Isidro (partly), Santa Lucía (partly) and Tenorio.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.±% p.a.
2000916—    
2011988+0.69%
20221,802+5.62%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, Palmira had a population of 988 inhabitants. [6]

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. ^ 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). 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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