Gutiérrez Braun

District in Coto Brus canton, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica
District in Puntarenas, Costa Rica
8°58′13″N 82°52′39″W / 8.9702528°N 82.8775141°W / 8.9702528; -82.8775141Country Costa RicaProvincePuntarenasCantonCoto BrusCreation31 July 2014Area
 • Total238.38 km2 (92.04 sq mi)Elevation
940 m (3,080 ft)Time zoneUTC−06:00Postal code
60806

Gutiérrez Braun is a district of the Coto Brus canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

Toponymy

Named after Hernán Gutiérrez Braun, an engineer and architect. Initially at the moment of the creation on 31 July 2014 the district was erroneously named Gutiérrez Brown, but on 7 April 2015, the name was corrected to its proper and current spelling.[3]

History

Gutiérrez Braun was created on 31 July 2014 by Acuerdo Ejecutivo N° 45-2014-MGP.[2]

Geography

Gutiérrez Braun has an area of 238.38 km²[4] and an elevation of 940 metres.[1]

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[5]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[6]

For the 2011 census, Gutiérrez Braun had not been created, census data will be available in 2021. [7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

  • National Route 612

References

  • flagCosta Rica portal
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Division Territorial Administrativa de Costa Rica" (in Spanish). Sistema Costarricense de Informacion Juridica. September 2, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  4. ^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  6. ^ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
  7. ^ "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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