Puntarenas (canton)

Puntarenas is a canton in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.[2][3] The head city is Puntarenas.

Puntarenas
Canton
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Puntarenas canton
Puntarenas
Puntarenas canton location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 7.9171091°N 85.8818073°W / 7.9171091; -85.8818073
Country Costa Rica
ProvincePuntarenas
Creation7 December 1848[1]
Head cityPuntarenas
Districts
Districts
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodyMunicipalidad de Puntarenas
Area
 • Total1,842.33 km2 (711.33 sq mi)
Elevation
169 m (554 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total115,019
 • Density62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Canton code601
Websitewww.puntarenas.go.cr

History

Puntarenas was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167.[1]

Geography

Puntarenas has an area of 1,842.33 km²[4] and a mean elevation of 169 metres.[2]

The canton includes areas on both sides of the Gulf of Nicoya. From the western coastline, the canton ranges eastward into the Cordillera de Tilarán to include the Monteverde region. The southern portion of the Nicoya Peninsula is also in the canton, including the popular tourist areas of Tambor, Montezuma and Malpais.

Districts

The canton of Puntarenas is subdivided into the following districts:

  1. Puntarenas
  2. Pitahaya
  3. Chomes
  4. Lepanto
  5. Paquera
  6. Manzanillo
  7. Guacimal
  8. Barranca
  9. Monte Verde
  10. Isla del Coco
  11. Cóbano
  12. Chacarita
  13. Chira
  14. Acapulco
  15. El Roble
  16. Arancibia

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
18642,942—
18834,01836.6%
18928,869120.7%
192714,74666.3%
195031,074110.7%
196355,59278.9%
197365,56217.9%
198474,13513.1%
2000102,50438.3%
2011115,01912.2%

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[5]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[6]

For the 2011 census, Puntarenas had a population of 115,019 inhabitants. [7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

References
  1. Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN 9977-64-243-5. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. "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.
  3. 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.
  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.
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