Curubandé
District
Curubandé district
Curubandé district location in Costa Rica
Curubandé district location in Costa Rica
Curubandé
Curubandé district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°44′11″N 85°25′59″W / 10.736432°N 85.4330613°W / 10.736432; -85.4330613
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceGuanacaste
CantonLiberia
Creation26 November 1971
Area
 • Total81.14 km2 (31.33 sq mi)
Elevation
322 m (1,056 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,527
 • Density31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
50105

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

History

Curubandé was created on 26 November 1971 by Decreto Ejecutivo 2077-G. Segregated from Liberia.[2]

Geography

Curubandé has an area of 81.14 km²[3] and an elevation of 322 metres.[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is Cereceda. Other villages are Colorado and Curubandé.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1973825—
198499720.8%
20001,81281.7%
20112,52739.5%

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

For the 2011 census, Curubandé had a population of 2,527 inhabitants. [6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

Economy

In recent years, Curubandé has become a center of tourism within Costa Rica. This is due in large part to the nearby Rincon de la Vieja National Park.

Curubandé is also the site of Las Pailas Geothermal Central, a large geothermal power plant that is being built to provide a large portion of Costa Rica's electric energy needs.

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. 1 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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