Guaycará

Guaycará is a district of the Golfito canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

Guaycará
District
Guaycará district
Guaycará
Guaycará district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 8.684584°N 83.083348°W / 8.684584; -83.083348
Country Costa Rica
ProvincePuntarenas
CantonGolfito
Creation26 November 1971
Area
 • Total323.11 km2 (124.75 sq mi)
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total12,918
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
60703

History

Guaycará was created on 26 November 1971 by Decreto Ejecutivo 2074-G .[2]

Geography

Guaycará has an area of 323.11 km²[3] and an elevation of 50 metres.[1]

Locations

The entrance to the Piedras Blancas National Park is in the village of La Gamba in this district.

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
19737,021—
19849,34033.0%
200011,45622.7%
201112,91812.8%

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

For the 2011 census, Guaycará had a population of 12,918 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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