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Hojancha District

District in Hojancha canton, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica

District in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

10°02′44″N 85°25′36″W / 10.0455932°N 85.4265636°W / 10.0455932; -85.4265636Country

Costa RicaProvinceGuanacasteCantonHojanchaArea

• Total79.05 km² (30.52 sq mi)Elevation

350 m (1,150 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total4,245 • Density54/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Postal code

51101

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

Geography

Hojancha has an area of 79.05 km²^[3] and an elevation of 350 metres.^[1]

The administrative center of the district is the village of Palmira.

Other villages in the district include Ángeles, Comunidad, Paso Tempisque (partly) and San Rafael.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1973	7,899	—
1984	5,879	−2.65%
2000	3,751	−2.77%
2011	4,245	+1.13%
2022	4,707	+0.94%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[5]

According to the 2011 census, Hojancha had a population of 4,245 inhabitants. ^[6]

The district is covered by the following road routes:

^ ^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.
^ 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).
^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (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.