Llanuras del Gaspar

Llanuras del Gaspar is a district of the Sarapiquí canton, in the Heredia province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

Llanuras del Gaspar
District
Llanuras del Gaspar district
Llanuras del Gaspar Llanuras del Gaspar district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.6760636°N 83.8270701°W
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Heredia
Canton	Sarapiquí
Creation	6 October 1999
Area
• Total	267.74 km^2 (103.37 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,160
• Density	4.3/km^2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	41004

History

Llanuras del Gaspar was created on 6 October 1999 by Decreto Ejecutivo 28137-G.[2]

Location

It is located in the northern region of the country and borders the district of Puerto Viejo to the south and west, with the province of Limón to the east and Nicaragua to the north. Its head, the village of La Aldea, is located 40 km (18 minutes) NE of Puerto Viejo and 122 km (2 hours 59 minutes) to the NE of San José the capital of the nation.

Geography

Llanuras del Gaspar has an area of 267.74 km²[3] and an elevation of 20 metres.[1] It is the smallest district of the canton by surface.

It presents a plain territory by dominated by the plains of Sarapiquí.

Demography

The district has 1 160 inhabitants, making it the third-most populous of the canton.[4]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
2000	662		—
2011	1,160		75.2%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población[6]

For the 2011 census, Llanuras del Gaspar had a population of 1,160 inhabitants. [7]

Settlements

The 9 centers of population of the district son:

• La Aldea (head of the district)
• Caño San Luis
• Chimurria
• Chirriposito
• Delta Costa Rica
• Gaspar
• Lagunilla
• La Lucha
• Tigra (Fátima)

Economy

As in its neighboring district of Cureña, agriculture (banana, pineapple, yucca and plantain) is the basis of the local economy.

La Aldea, its head, has education and health services, is the last thanks to the presence of an BTIHC (Basic Team for Integral Health Care) or EBAIS, for its acronym in Spanish.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 507
• National Route 510
• National Route 817

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. "2011 Census Population Report" (PDF). INEC. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
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.

• Municipalidad de Sarapiquí