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Guaitil District

District in Acosta canton, San José province, Costa Rica

District in San José, Costa Rica

9°47′32″N 84°15′11″W / 9.7923489°N 84.2531041°W / 9.7923489; -84.2531041Country

Costa RicaProvinceSan JoséCantonAcostaArea

• Total43.85 km² (16.93 sq mi)Elevation

1,030 m (3,380 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total2,406 • Density55/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Postal code

11202

Guaitil is a district of the Acosta canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.^[1]^[2]

Geography

Guaitil has an area of 43.85 km²^[3] and an elevation of 1,030 metres.^[1]

The southern boundary of the district is the Grande de Candelaria River, and the northern boundary is the Jorco River.^[4]

Within Guaitil District are the villages of Coyolar, La Cruz, Ococa, and Toledo.^[4]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1883	507	—
1892	474	−6.5%
1927	1,515	219.6%
1950	2,430	60.4%
1963	2,368	−2.6%
1973	2,265	−4.3%
1984	2,196	−3.0%
2000	2,555	16.3%
2011	2,406	−5.8%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

For the 2011 census, Guaitil had a population of 2,406 inhabitants. ^[7]

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). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Acosta Map" Instituto de Fomento y Asesoría Municipal, 1985
^ "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.