Guaycará
District
Guaycará district
Guaycará district location in Costa Rica
Guaycará district location in Costa Rica
Guaycará
Guaycará district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 8°41′05″N 83°05′00″W / 8.684584°N 83.083348°W / 8.684584; -83.083348
Country Costa Rica
ProvincePuntarenas
CantonGolfito
Creation26 November 1971
Area
 • Total323.11 km2 (124.75 sq mi)
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total12,918
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
60703

Guaycará is a district of the Golfito canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

History

Guaycará was created on 26 November 1971 by Decreto Ejecutivo 2074-G .[2]

Geography

Guaycará has an area of 323.11 km²[3] and an elevation of 50 metres.[1]

Locations

The entrance to the Piedras Blancas National Park is in the village of La Gamba in this district.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
19737,021—
19849,34033.0%
200011,45622.7%
201112,91812.8%

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, Guaycará had a population of 12,918 inhabitants. [6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  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. ↑ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (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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