La Cruz, Costa Rica
District in La Cruz canton, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica
District in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
11°05′04″N 85°38′37″W / 11.0845008°N 85.6435834°W / 11.0845008; -85.6435834
Costa Rica (2011)
51001
La Cruz is a district of the La Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2] It is located in the north of the country, near the border with Nicaragua.
Geography
La Cruz has an area of 345.5 km²[3] and an elevation of 255 metres.[1]
Villages
Administrative center of the district is the town of La Cruz.
Other villages in the district are Bellavista, Bello Horizonte, Brisas, Cacao, Carrizal, Carrizales, Colonia Bolaños, Copalchí, Infierno, Jobo, Monte Plata, Montes de Oro, Pampa, Pegón, Peñas Blancas, Piedra Pómez, Puerto Soley, Recreo, San Buenaventura, San Dimas, San Paco, San Roque, Santa Rogelia, Santa Rosa, Soley, Sonzapote, Tempatal and Vueltas.
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1927 | 2,870 | — | |
| 1950 | 3,934 | 37.1% | |
| 1963 | 5,833 | 48.3% | |
| 1973 | 4,283 | −26.6% | |
| 1984 | 5,517 | 28.8% | |
| 2000 | 7,880 | 42.8% | |
| 2011 | 9,195 | 16.7% | |
| Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] | |||
For the 2011 census, La Cruz had a population of 9,195 inhabitants.[6]
Transportation
Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
National Route 1
National Route 4
National Route 935
National Route 938
National Route 939
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.
- ^ 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).
- ^ "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.
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