Palmira District, Cañas

Palmira is a district of the Cañas canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

Palmira
District
Palmira district
Palmira Palmira district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.5931497°N 85.0875834°W
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	Cañas
Creation	30 November 1995
Area
• Total	203.96 km^2 (78.75 sq mi)
Elevation	225 m (738 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	988
• Density	4.8/km^2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	50602

History

Palmira was created on 30 November 1995 by Decreto Ejecutivo 24809-G. Segregated from Cañas.[2]

Geography

Palmira has an area of 203.96 km²[3] and an elevation of 225 metres.[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the village of Palmira.

Other villages in the district are Aguacaliente, Paraíso (partly), San Isidro (partly), Santa Lucía (partly) and Tenorio.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
2000	916		—
2011	988		7.9%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, Palmira had a population of 988 inhabitants. [6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 6
• National Route 927

References

1. "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. "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.