Guacimal
District
Guacimal district
Guacimal district location in Costa Rica
Guacimal district location in Costa Rica
Guacimal
Guacimal district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°13′16″N 84°49′54″W / 10.2211318°N 84.8316769°W / 10.2211318; -84.8316769
Country Costa Rica
ProvincePuntarenas
CantonPuntarenas
Creation14 December 1939
Area
 • Total114.49 km2 (44.20 sq mi)
Elevation
368 m (1,207 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total923
 • Density8.1/km2 (21/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
60107

Guacimal is a district of the Puntarenas canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

History

Guacimal was created on 14 December 1939 by Decreto Ejecutivo 45.[2]

Geography

Guacimal has an area of 114.49 km2[3] and an elevation of 368 metres.[1]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
19502,294—
19632,82623.2%
19731,258−55.5%
19841,119−11.0%
2000990−11.5%
2011923−6.8%

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

For the 2011 census, Guacimal had a population of 923 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. 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). 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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