Palmira District, Cañas
District in Cañas canton, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica
District in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
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Palmira is a district of the Cañas canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2]
History
Palmira was created on 30 November 1995 by Decreto Ejecutivo 24809-G. Segregated from Cañas.[2]
Geography
Palmira has an area of 203.96 km²[3] and an elevation of 225 metres.[1]
Villages
Administrative center of the district is the village of Palmira.
Other villages in the district are Aguacaliente, Paraíso (partly), San Isidro (partly), Santa Lucía (partly) and Tenorio.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
2000 | 916 | — |
2011 | 988 | +0.69% |
2022 | 1,361 | +2.95% |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5] |
For the 2011 census, Palmira had a population of 988 inhabitants. [6]
Transportation
Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
National Route 6
National Route 927
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). 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.
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