Bolsón
District
Bolsón district
Bolsón district location in Costa Rica
Bolsón district location in Costa Rica
Bolsón
Bolsón district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°20′56″N 85°27′37″W / 10.3489023°N 85.4603021°W / 10.3489023; -85.4603021
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceGuanacaste
CantonSanta Cruz
Area
 • Total32.47 km2 (12.54 sq mi)
Elevation
13 m (43 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,627
 • Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
50302

Bolsón is a district of the Santa Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

Geography

Bolsón has an area of 32.47 km2[3] and an elevation of 13 metres.[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the village of Bolsón.

Another village in the district is Lagartero.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1883114—
19271,559—
19501,83717.8%
19632,97962.2%
19733,55919.5%
19841,314−63.1%
20001,60522.1%
20111,6271.4%

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, Bolsón had a population of 1,627 inhabitants.[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

References

  1. 1 2 "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). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. 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.


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