Batán
Batán district
Batán district location in Costa Rica
Batán district location in Costa Rica
Batán
Batán district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°06′15″N 83°21′10″W / 10.1040546°N 83.3529038°W / 10.1040546; -83.3529038
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceLimón
CantonMatina
Creation25 June 1969
Area
  Total213.69 km2 (82.51 sq mi)
Elevation
15 m (49 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total16,532
  Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
70502

Batán or Bataan[1] is a district of the Matina canton, in the Limón province of Costa Rica.[2][3]

History

Batán was created on 25 June 1969 by Ley 4345.[3]

Geography

Batán has an area of 213.69 km²[4] and an elevation of 15 metres.[2]

Locations

  • Neighborhoods (Barrios): Milla 25
  • Villages (Poblados): Barbilla, Berta, Damasco, Davao, Goshen, Leyte, Lola, Luzón, Margarita, Milla 24, Milla 27, Milla 28, Oracabesa, Parcelas, Sahara, Santa Marta, Titán, Vegas

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.
19735,109
19846,71231.4%
200014,546116.7%
201116,53213.7%

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[5]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[6]

For the 2011 census, Batán had a population of 16,532 inhabitants. [7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

References

  1. "Batán, Batán, Matina, Provincia de Limón, Costa Rica". Mindat.org. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 "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.
  3. 1 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.
  4. "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.
  5. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  6. "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
  7. "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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