Pilas
District
Pilas district
Pilas district location in Costa Rica
Pilas district location in Costa Rica
Pilas
Pilas district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°05′58″N 83°25′16″W / 9.0993501°N 83.4211375°W / 9.0993501; -83.4211375
Country Costa Rica
ProvincePuntarenas
CantonBuenos Aires
Creation20 January 1968
Area
 • Total114.81 km2 (44.33 sq mi)
Elevation
250 m (820 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,659
 • Density14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
60305

Pilas is a district of the Buenos Aires canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

History

Pilas was created on 20 January 1968 by Decreto 7. Segregated from Buenos Aires.[2]

Geography

Pilas has an area of 114.81 km²[3] and an elevation of 250 metres.[1]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
19731,505—
19841,5976.1%
20001,575−1.4%
20111,6595.3%

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

For the 2011 census, Pilas had a population of 1,659 inhabitants.[6]

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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