Bolsón District

Bolsón is a district of the Santa Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

Bolsón
District
Bolsón district
Bolsón
Bolsón district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.3489023°N 85.4603021°W / 10.3489023; -85.4603021
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceGuanacaste
CantonSanta Cruz
Area
 • Total32.47 km2 (12.54 sq mi)
Elevation
13 m (43 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,627
 • Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
50302

Geography

Bolsón has an area of 32.47 km²[3] and an elevation of 13 metres.[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the village of Bolsón.

Another village in the district is Lagartero.

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1883114—
19271,559—
19501,83717.8%
19632,97962.2%
19733,55919.5%
19841,314−63.1%
20001,60522.1%
20111,6271.4%

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]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

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.
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