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Palmira District, Cañas

Coordinates: 10°35′35″N 85°05′15″W / 10.5931497°N 85.0875834°W / 10.5931497; -85.0875834
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Palmira
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Palmira district
Palmira district location in Costa Rica
Palmira district location in Costa Rica
Palmira
Palmira district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°35′35″N 85°05′15″W / 10.5931497°N 85.0875834°W / 10.5931497; -85.0875834
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceGuanacaste
CantonCañas
Creation30 November 1995
Area
 • Total203.96 km2 (78.75 sq mi)
Elevation
225 m (738 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total988
 • Density4.8/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
50602

Palmira is a district of the Cañas canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

History

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Palmira was created on 30 November 1995 by Decreto Ejecutivo 24809-G. Segregated from Cañas.[2]

Geography

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Palmira has an area of 203.96 km²[3] and an elevation of 225 metres.[1]

Villages

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Administrative center of the district is the village of Palmira.

Other villages in the district are Aguacaliente, Paraíso (partly), San Isidro (partly), Santa Lucía (partly) and Tenorio.

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.±% p.a.
2000916—    
2011988+0.69%
20221,802+5.62%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, Palmira had a population of 988 inhabitants. [6]

Transportation

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Road transportation

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The district is covered by the following road routes:

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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. ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (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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