Puntarenas (canton)
Puntarenas is a canton in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.[2][3] The head city is Puntarenas.
Puntarenas | |
|---|---|
| Flag Seal | |
Puntarenas canton | |
| Country | Costa Rica |
| Province | Puntarenas |
| Creation | 7 December 1848[1] |
| Head city | Puntarenas |
| Districts | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Municipalidad de Puntarenas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,842.33 km2 (711.33 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 169 m (554 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 115,019 |
| • Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Canton code | 601 |
| Website | www |
History edit
Puntarenas was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167.[1]
Geography edit
Puntarenas has an area of 1,842.33 km²[4] and a mean elevation of 169 metres.[2]
The canton includes areas on both sides of the Gulf of Nicoya. The southern portion of the Nicoya Peninsula is also in the canton, including the popular tourist areas of Tambor, Montezuma and Malpais.
Districts edit
The canton of Puntarenas is subdivided into the following districts:
- Puntarenas
- Pitahaya
- Chomes
- Lepanto
- Paquera
- Manzanillo
- Guacimal
- Barranca
- Isla del Coco
- Cóbano
- Chacarita
- Chira
- Acapulco
- El Roble
- Arancibia
Monte Verde was the ninth district of the canton, on 29 September 2021 it was segregated to become a canton on its own, the Monteverde canton, the twelfth of Puntarenas province and eighty third of the country.
Demographics edit
| Historical population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1864 | 2,942 | — | |
| 1883 | 4,018 | 36.6% | |
| 1892 | 8,869 | 120.7% | |
| 1927 | 14,746 | 66.3% | |
| 1950 | 31,074 | 110.7% | |
| 1963 | 55,592 | 78.9% | |
| 1973 | 65,562 | 17.9% | |
| 1984 | 74,135 | 13.1% | |
| 2000 | 102,504 | 38.3% | |
| 2011 | 115,019 | 12.2% | |
| Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[5] | |||
For the 2011 census, Puntarenas had a population of 115,019 inhabitants.[7]
Transportation edit
Road transportation edit
The canton is covered by the following road routes:
- National Route 1
- National Route 17
- National Route 21
- National Route 23
- National Route 132
- National Route 160
- National Route 163
- National Route 601
- National Route 602
- National Route 603
- National Route 604
- National Route 605
- National Route 606
- National Route 619
- National Route 620
- National Route 621
- National Route 623
- National Route 624
References edit
- ^ a b Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN 9977-64-243-5. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
- ^ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
- ^ "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.