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District in La Cruz canton, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica District in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
La Garita
District
La Garita district
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Coordinates: 11°04′17″N 85°30′44″W / 11.071396°N 85.5121224°W / 11.071396; -85.5121224
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceGuanacaste
CantonLa Cruz
Area
 • Total273.37 km (105.55 sq mi)
Elevation300 m (1,000 ft)
Population
 • Total1,688
 • Density6.2/km (16/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code51003

La Garita is a district of the La Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. It is located in the north of the country, near the Nicaraguan border.

Geography

La Garita has an area of 273.37 km and an elevation of 300 metres.

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the village of Garita.

Other villages in the district are Agua Muerta, Andes, Asilo, Cañita, Carmen, Fortuna, Guapinol, Innocentes, Lavaderos, Pochote, San Antonio and Tapezco.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.±% p.a.
19731,279—    
19841,341+0.43%
20001,581+1.03%
20111,688+0.60%
20222,824+4.79%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos
Centro Centroamericano de Población

For the 2011 census, La Garita had a population of 1,688 inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

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). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  5. Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (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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