Aserrí (canton)
Aserrí | |
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Coordinates: 9°44′54″N 84°08′33″W / 9.7483631°N 84.1423846°W | |
Country | Costa Rica |
Province | San José |
Creation | 27 November 1882[1] |
Head city | Aserrí |
Districts | |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
• Body | Municipalidad de Aserrí |
• Mayor | José Oldemar García Segura (PLN) |
Area | |
• Total | 167.1 km2 (64.5 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,373 m (4,505 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 57,892 |
• Density | 350/km2 (900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
Canton code | 106 |
Website | aserri |
Aserrí is the sixth canton in the San José province of Costa Rica.[2][3] The head city of the canton is the homonymous Aserrí.
Name[edit]
Aserrí takes its name from a Huetar tribe, also called the Accerri.[4][5]
Geography[edit]
Aserrí has an area of 167.1 km2[6] and a mean elevation of 1,373 metres.[2]
The mountainous canton is delineated on the north by the Poás River. It encompasses a narrow strip of land that traverses the Coastal Mountain Range before reaching the lowlands of Puntarenas Province, bordering the canton of Parrita.
Districts[edit]
The canton of Aserrí is subdivided into seven districts (distritos):[7]
History[edit]
The canton was established by a decree of 27 November 1882.
Demographics[edit]
Historical population | |||
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1883 | 4,785 | — | |
1892 | 6,030 | 26.0% | |
1927 | 6,592 | 9.3% | |
1950 | 9,122 | 38.4% | |
1963 | 13,609 | 49.2% | |
1973 | 20,091 | 47.6% | |
1984 | 30,588 | 52.2% | |
2000 | 49,319 | 61.2% | |
2011 | 57,892 | 17.4% | |
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[8] |
For the 2011 census, Aserrí had a population of 57,892 inhabitants.[10]
Transportation[edit]
Road transportation[edit]
The canton is covered by the following road routes:
References[edit]
- ^ Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN 9977-64-243-5. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Quesada Pacheco, Miguel Ángel, Los huetares: historia, lengua, etnografía y tradición oral, Cartago, Editorializing Tecnológica, 1996.
- ^ Clark, Patricia Roberts (21 October 2009). Tribal Names of the Americas: Spelling Variants and Alternative Forms, Cross-Referenced. McFarland. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7864-5169-2.
- ^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "División Territorial Administrativa de Costa Rica" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto de Fomento y Asesoria Municipal (IFAM). 5 May 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-02.
- ^ "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.