Santa Rita District, Nandayure

District in Nandayure canton, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica

District in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

10°02′21″N 85°16′56″W / 10.03929°N 85.2822116°W / 10.03929; -85.2822116Country

Costa RicaProvinceGuanacasteCantonNandayureArea

• Total51.32 km² (19.81 sq mi)Elevation

52 m (171 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total1,446 • Density28/km² (73/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Postal code

50902

Santa Rita is a district of the Nandayure canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.^[1]^[2]

Geography

Santa Rita has an area of 51.32 km²^[3] and an elevation of 52 metres.^[1]

Administrative center of the district is the village of Santa Rita.

Other villages in the district are Angostura, Cacao, Chumico, Guaria, Guastomatal, Morote, Tacanis, Uvita (partly), Hierbabuena (partly).

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1963	1,747	—
1973	1,858	6.4%
1984	1,423	−23.4%
2000	1,489	4.6%
2011	1,446	−2.9%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[5]

For the 2011 census, Santa Rita had a population of 1,446 inhabitants. ^[6]

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.
^ "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.