Cartagena District

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

Cartagena
District
Cartagena district
Cartagena
Cartagena district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.3642355°N 85.6809692°W / 10.3642355; -85.6809692
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceGuanacaste
CantonSanta Cruz
Creation2 October 1964
Area
 • Total82.56 km2 (31.88 sq mi)
Elevation
63 m (207 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total3,824
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
50305

History

Cartagena was created on 2 October 1964 by Acuerdo Ejecutivo 405. Segregated from Tempate.[2]

Geography

Cartagena has an area of 82.56 km²[3] and an elevation of 63 metres.[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the village of Cartagena.

Other villages in the district are Corocitos and Lorena.

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
19731,967—
19841,935−1.6%
20002,98654.3%
20113,82428.1%

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, Cartagena had a population of 3,824 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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