Purral

Purral is a district of the Goicoechea canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

Purral
District
Purral district
Purral
Purral district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9.9594423°N 84.0164941°W / 9.9594423; -84.0164941
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceSan José
CantonGoicoechea
Creation23 July 1991
Area
 • Total3.11 km2 (1.20 sq mi)
Elevation
1,242 m (4,075 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total27,464
 • Density8,800/km2 (23,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
10807

History

Purral was created on 23 July 1991 by Decreto Ejecutivo 20587-G. Segregated from Ipís.[2]

Geography

Purral has an area of 3.11 km²[3] and an elevation of 1,242 metres.[1]

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
200026,767—
201127,4642.6%

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

For the 2011 census, Purral had a population of 27,464 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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