Chires
Chires is a district of the Puriscal canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.[1][2]
Chires | |
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Chires district | |
  Chires Chires district location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 9.652831°N 84.3932434°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | San José |
| Canton | Puriscal |
| Creation | 3 November 1983 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 230.47 km2 (88.98 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 430 m (1,410 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 3,031 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Postal code | 10409 |
History
Chires was created on 3 November 1983 by Acuerdo 230. Segregated from Mercedes Sur.[2]
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1984 | 3,246 | — | |
| 2000 | 2,806 | −13.6% | |
| 2011 | 3,031 | 8.0% | |
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] |
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For the 2011 census, Chires had a population of 3,031 inhabitants. [6]
Transportation
Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
References
- "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.
- 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.
- "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
- "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
- "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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