Concepción District, La Unión
Concepción | |
|---|---|
 Concepción district | |
  Concepción Concepción district location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 9°55′25″N 83°59′28″W / 9.9235661°N 83.9911201°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | Cartago |
| Canton | La Unión |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.8 km2 (1.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,350 m (4,430 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 16,515 |
| • Density | 4,300/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Postal code | 30305 |
Concepción is a district of the La Unión canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.[1][2]
Geography
[edit]Concepción has an area of 3.8 km²[3] and an elevation of 1,350 metres.[1]
Demographics
[edit]| Census | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1883 | 433 | — |
| 1892 | 552 | +2.73% |
| 1927 | 706 | +0.71% |
| 1950 | 820 | +0.65% |
| 1963 | 1,550 | +5.02% |
| 1973 | 3,846 | +9.51% |
| 1984 | 6,638 | +5.09% |
| 2000 | 12,910 | +4.25% |
| 2011 | 16,515 | +2.26% |
| 2022 | 17,755 | +0.66% |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5] | ||
For the 2011 census, Concepción had a population of 16,515 inhabitants. [6]
Transportation
[edit]Road transportation
[edit]The district is covered by the following road routes:
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
- ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (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.
 Districts of Cartago Province | |
|---|---|
| Cartago |
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| Paraíso | |
| La Unión | |
| Jiménez | |
| Turrialba | |
| Alvarado | |
| Oreamuno | |
| El Guarco | |
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