La Suiza District
La Suiza | |
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La Suiza district | |
  La Suiza La Suiza district location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 9°45′50″N 83°36′25″W / 9.7640221°N 83.6069215°W / 9.7640221; -83.6069215 | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | Cartago |
| Canton | Turrialba |
| Area | |
| • Total | 160.36 km2 (61.92 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 616 m (2,021 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 7,590 |
| • Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Postal code | 30502 |
La Suiza is a district of the Turrialba canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.[1][2]
Geography
La Suiza has an area of 160.36 km²[3] and an elevation of 616 metres.[1]
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1927 | 3,025 | — | |
| 1950 | 5,084 | 68.1% | |
| 1963 | 8,259 | 62.5% | |
| 1973 | 5,381 | −34.8% | |
| 1984 | 6,416 | 19.2% | |
| 2000 | 9,202 | 43.4% | |
| 2011 | 7,590 | −17.5% | |
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] |
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For the 2011 census, La Suiza had a population of 7,590 inhabitants. [6]
Transportation
Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
References
- ^ 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).
- ^ "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.
 Districts of Cartago Province | |
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| Cartago |
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| Paraíso | |
| La Unión | |
| Jiménez |
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| Turrialba | |
| Alvarado | |
| Oreamuno | |
| El Guarco | |
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