La Garita District
La Garita is a district of the La Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2] It is located in the north of the country, near the Nicaraguan border.
La Garita | |
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La Garita district | |
La Garita La Garita district location in Costa Rica | |
Coordinates: 11.071396°N 85.5121224°W | |
Country | Costa Rica |
Province | Guanacaste |
Canton | La Cruz |
Area | |
• Total | 273.37 km2 (105.55 sq mi) |
Elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,688 |
• Density | 6.2/km2 (16/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
Postal code | 51003 |
Villages
Administrative center of the district is the village of Garita.
Other villages in the district are Agua Muerta, Andes, Asilo, Cañita, Carmen, Fortuna, Guapinol, Inocentes, Lavaderos, Pochote, San Antonio and Tapezco.
Demographics
Historical population | |||
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1973 | 1,279 | — | |
1984 | 1,341 | 4.8% | |
2000 | 1,581 | 17.9% | |
2011 | 1,688 | 6.8% | |
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] |
For the 2011 census, La Garita had a population of 1,688 inhabitants. [6]
Transportation
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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