Puntarenas (canton)

Puntarenas
Canton
Flag of Puntarenas
Flag
Official seal of Puntarenas
Seal
Map
Puntarenas canton
Country Costa Rica
ProvincePuntarenas
Creation7 December 1848[1]
Head cityPuntarenas
Districts
Districts
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodyMunicipalidad de Puntarenas
Area
 • Total
1,842.33 km2 (711.33 sq mi)
Elevation
169 m (554 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
115,019
 • Density62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Canton code601
Websitewww.puntarenas.go.cr

Puntarenas is a canton in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.[2][3] The head city is Puntarenas.

History

Puntarenas was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167.[1]

Geography

Puntarenas has an area of 1,842.33 km²[4] and a mean elevation of 169 metres.[2]

The canton includes areas on both sides of the Gulf of Nicoya. The southern portion of the Nicoya Peninsula is also in the canton, including the popular tourist areas of Tambor, Montezuma and Malpais.

Districts

The canton of Puntarenas is subdivided into the following districts:

Monte Verde was the ninth district of the canton, on 29 September 2021 it was segregated to become a canton on its own, the Monteverde canton, the twelfth of Puntarenas province and eighty third of the country.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.±% p.a.
18642,942—    
18834,018+1.65%
18928,869+9.20%
192714,746+1.46%
195031,074+3.29%
196355,592+4.58%
197365,562+1.66%
198474,135+1.12%
2000102,504+2.05%
2011115,019+1.05%
2022141,697+1.91%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[5]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[6]

For the 2011 census, Puntarenas had a population of 115,019 inhabitants.[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

References

  1. ^ a b Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN 9977-64-243-5. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  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. ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (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.


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