Gutiérrez Braun

Gutiérrez Braun is a district of the Coto Brus canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

Gutiérrez Braun
District
Gutiérrez Braun district
Gutiérrez Braun Gutiérrez Braun district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 8.9702528°N 82.8775141°W
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Puntarenas
Canton	Coto Brus
Creation	31 July 2014
Area
• Total	238.38 km^2 (92.04 sq mi)
Elevation	940 m (3,080 ft)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	60806

Toponymy

Named after Hernán Gutiérrez Braun, an engineer and architect. Initially at the moment of the creation on 31 July 2014 the district was erroneously named Gutiérrez Brown, but on 7 April 2015, the name was corrected to its proper and current spelling.[3]

History

Gutiérrez Braun was created on 31 July 2014 by Acuerdo Ejecutivo N° 45-2014-MGP.[2]

Geography

Gutiérrez Braun has an area of 238.38 km²[4] and an elevation of 940 metres.[1]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población[6]

For the 2011 census, Gutiérrez Braun had not been created, census data will be available in 2021. [7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 612

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. "Division Territorial Administrativa de Costa Rica" (in Spanish). Sistema Costarricense de Informacion Juridica. September 2, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
4. "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
5. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
6. "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
7. "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.