Cartagena District
District in Santa Cruz canton, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica
District in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
10°21′51″N 85°40′51″W / 10.3642355°N 85.6809692°W / 10.3642355; -85.6809692 (2011)
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Cartagena is a district of the Santa Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2]
History
Cartagena was created on 2 October 1964 by Acuerdo Ejecutivo 405. Segregated from Tempate.[2]
Geography
Cartagena has an area of 82.56 km²[3] and an elevation of 63 metres.[1]
Villages
Administrative center of the district is the village of Cartagena.
Other villages in the district are Corocitos and Lorena.
Demographics
Historical population | |||
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1973 | 1,967 | — | |
1984 | 1,935 | −1.6% | |
2000 | 2,986 | 54.3% | |
2011 | 3,824 | 28.1% | |
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] |
For the 2011 census, Cartagena had a population of 3,824 inhabitants. [6]
Transportation
Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
- National Route 155
- National Route 910
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
- ^ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
- ^ "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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Districts of Guanacaste Province
- Liberia
- Cañas Dulces
- Mayorga
- Nacascolo
- Curubandé
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