Bolsón District
Appearance
Bolsón | |
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![]() Bolsón district | |
Coordinates: 10°20′56″N 85°27′37″W / 10.3489023°N 85.4603021°W | |
Land | ![]() |
Province | Guanacaste |
Canton | Santa Cruz |
Area | |
• Total | 32.47 km2 (12.54 sq mi) |
Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,627 |
• Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
Postal code | 50302 |
Bolsón is a district of the Santa Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2]
Geography
[edit]Bolsón has an area of 32.47 km2[3] and an elevation of 13 metres.[1]
Villages
[edit]Administrative center of the district is the village of Bolsón.
Another village in the district is Lagartero.
Demographics
[edit]Census | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1883 | 114 | — |
1927 | 1,559 | +6.12% |
1950 | 1,837 | +0.72% |
1963 | 2,979 | +3.79% |
1973 | 3,559 | +1.79% |
1984 | 1,314 | −8.66% |
2000 | 1,605 | +1.26% |
2011 | 1,627 | +0.12% |
2022 | 2,182 | +2.70% |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5] |
For the 2011 census, Bolsón had a population of 1,627 inhabitants.[6]
Transport
[edit]Road transportation
[edit]The district is covered by the following road routes:
References
[edit]- ^ 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).
- ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (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.