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San Juan District, Abangares

Coordinates: 10°13′22″N 84°55′52″W / 10.2228926°N 84.9310158°W / 10.2228926; -84.9310158
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San Juan district
San Juan district location in Costa Rica
San Juan district location in Costa Rica
San Juan
San Juan district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°13′22″N 84°55′52″W / 10.2228926°N 84.9310158°W / 10.2228926; -84.9310158
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceGuanacaste
CantonAbangares
Area
 • Total107.46 km2 (41.49 sq mi)
Elevation
179 m (587 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,585
 • Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
50703

San Juan is a district of the Abangares canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

Geography

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San Juan has an area of 107.46 km²[3] and an elevation of 179 metres.[1]

Villages

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Administrative center of the district is the village of San Juan Grande.

Other villages are Arizona, Congo, Nancital, Portones, Pozo Azul Rancho Alegre (partly), Rancho Ania (partly), Tierra Colorada and Vainilla.

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.±% p.a.
1927962—    
19501,812+2.79%
19631,793−0.08%
19731,595−1.16%
19841,475−0.71%
20001,340−0.60%
20111,585+1.54%
20221,637+0.29%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, San Juan had a population of 1,585. [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. ^ 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.