Montes de Oro (canton)

Canton in Puntarenas province, Costa Rica

Canton in Puntarenas, Costa Rica

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Montes de Oro canton

10°08′49″N 84°44′00″W / 10.1469106°N 84.733311°W / 10.1469106; -84.733311Country

Costa RicaProvincePuntarenasCreation17 July 1915^[1]Head cityMiramarDistricts

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Government

• TypeMunicipality • BodyMunicipalidad de Montes de OroArea

• Total244.76 km² (94.50 sq mi)Elevation

370 m (1,210 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total12,950 • Density53/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Canton code604Websitewww.munimontesdeoro.go.cr

Montes de Oro is a canton in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.^[2]^[3] The head city is in Miramar district.

History

Montes de Oro was created on 17 July 1915 by decree 42.^[1]

Geography

Montes de Oro has an area of 244.76 km²^[4] and a mean elevation of 370 metres.^[2]

The mountainous canton lies in the Cordillera de Tilarán northeast of the city of Puntarenas. It is limited on the north by the Aranjuez River. The San Miguel River and Tiacinto River delineate the southern boundary.

Districts

The canton of Montes de Oro is subdivided into the following districts:

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1927	4,312	—
1950	5,595	+1.14%
1963	6,616	+1.30%
1973	6,979	+0.54%
1984	7,444	+0.59%
2000	11,159	+2.56%
2011	12,950	+1.36%
2022	16,395	+2.17%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

For the 2011 census, Montes de Oro had a population of 12,950 inhabitants.^[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 1
National Route 144
National Route 604
National Route 615

References

^ ^a ^b Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN 9977-64-243-5. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ ^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). 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.