La Garita is a district of the La Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2] It is located in the north of the country, near the Nicaraguan border.
La Garita | |
|---|---|
 La Garita district | |
  La Garita La Garita district location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 11°04′17″N 85°30′44″W / 11.071396°N 85.5121224°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | Guanacaste |
| Canton | La Cruz |
| Area | |
• Total | 273.37 km2 (105.55 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,688 |
| • Density | 6.2/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Postal code | 51003 |
Geography
editLa Garita has an area of 273.37 km2[3] and an elevation of 300 metres.[1]
Villages
editAdministrative 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
edit| Census | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 1,279 | — |
| 1984 | 1,341 | +0.43% |
| 2000 | 1,581 | +1.03% |
| 2011 | 1,688 | +0.60% |
| 2022 | 2,824 | +4.79% |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5] | ||
For the 2011 census, La Garita had a population of 1,688 inhabitants.[6]
Transportation
editRoad transportation
editThe district is covered by the following road routes:
References
edit- ^ 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). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
- ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (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.
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