Volcán District
District in Buenos Aires canton, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica
District in Puntarenas, Costa Rica
9°14′49″N 83°27′36″W / 9.2469072°N 83.4598999°W / 9.2469072; -83.4598999
Costa Rica (2011)
60302
Volcán is a district of the Buenos Aires canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.[1][2]
Geography
Volcán has an area of 187.56 km²[3] and an elevation of 418 metres.[1]
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1950 | 1,550 | — | |
| 1963 | 2,793 | 80.2% | |
| 1973 | 3,589 | 28.5% | |
| 1984 | 3,551 | −1.1% | |
| 2000 | 6,471 | 82.2% | |
| 2011 | 3,815 | −41.0% | |
| Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] | |||
For the 2011 census, Volcán had a population of 3,815 inhabitants. [6]
Transportation
Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
National Route 2
National Route 610
References
Costa Rica portal
- ^ 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.
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