Cabeceras District, Tilarán

Cabeceras is a district of the Tilarán canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

Cabeceras
District
Cabeceras district
Cabeceras Cabeceras district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.3576°N 84.8741°W
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	Tilarán
Creation	11 June 2020
Area
• Total	51.25 km^2 (19.79 sq mi)
Elevation	725 m (2,379 ft)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	50808

History

Cabeceras was created on 11 June 2020 by Ley 20965.[2] Originally part of Quebrada Grande district in the same Tilarán canton, of which it was allocated 51.25 km² (19.79 sq mi).

The district has all the basic services such as schools, a high school, EBAIS (health services), ASADA (community managed potable water services), cemetery, soccer pitch, local business, coffee producers cooperative and an milk producers association.

Geography

Cabeceras has an area of 51.25 km²[3] and an elevation of 725 metres.[1]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, Cabeceras had not been created, its inhabitant were part of Quebrada Grande. [6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• Route 145
• Route 606
• Route 619.

References

1. "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. 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. "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
4. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
5. "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
6. "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.