Santa Elena District, La Cruz

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

Santa Elena
District
Santa Elena district
Santa Elena
Santa Elena district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.8935505°N 85.7202529°W / 10.8935505; -85.7202529
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceGuanacaste
CantonLa Cruz
Area
 • Total513.35 km2 (198.21 sq mi)
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,040
 • Density4.0/km2 (10/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
51004

Geography

Santa Elena has an area of 513.35 km²[3] and an elevation of 10 metres.[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the village of Cuajiniquil.

Other villages in the district are Cedros, Guaria, Puerto Castilla and Rabo de Mico (Aguacaliente).

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1973717—
198497636.1%
20001,80685.0%
20112,04013.0%

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

For the 2011 census, Santa Elena had a population of 2,040 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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