Pacayas
District
Pacayas district
Pacayas district location in Costa Rica
Pacayas district location in Costa Rica
Pacayas
Pacayas district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°56′16″N 83°49′03″W / 9.9377396°N 83.8174516°W / 9.9377396; -83.8174516
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceCartago
CantonAlvarado
Area
 • Total29.68 km2 (11.46 sq mi)
Elevation
1,735 m (5,692 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total5,628
 • Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
30601

Pacayas is a district of the Alvarado canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

Geography

Pacayas has an area of 29.68 km²[3] and an elevation of 1,735 metres.[1]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
19271,754—
19502,19225.0%
19632,79527.5%
19733,40021.6%
19843,76010.6%
20005,38643.2%
20115,6284.5%

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

For the 2011 census, Pacayas had a population of 5,628 inhabitants. [6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

Economy

It is the home of the cooperative Coopebaires R. L., the main wholesale distributor of potatoes, carrots, broccoli and other fresh vegetables in the north region of Cartago Province.[7]

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. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "Coopebaires R.L". Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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