Río Cuarto District
Río Cuarto | |
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Río Cuarto district | |
  Río Cuarto Río Cuarto district location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 10°19′06″N 84°13′24″W / 10.3183066°N 84.2232236°W / 10.3183066; -84.2232236 | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | Alajuela |
| Canton | Río Cuarto |
| Creation | 11 October 2018 |
| Elevation | 430 m (1,410 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 11,074 |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Postal code | 21601 |
Río Cuarto is a district of the Río Cuarto canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.[1][2]
History
Río Cuarto was created on 11 October 2018 by Acuerdo Ejecutivo N°044-2018-MGP.[2]
Geography
Río Cuarto has an area of km2[3] and an elevation of 430 metres.[1]
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1927 | 517 | — | |
| 1950 | 1,216 | 135.2% | |
| 1963 | 2,116 | 74.0% | |
| 1973 | 2,840 | 34.2% | |
| 1984 | 3,341 | 17.6% | |
| 2000 | 7,744 | 131.8% | |
| 2011 | 11,074 | 43.0% | |
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] |
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For the 2011 census, Río Cuarto had not been created, but in the records there was a population of 11,074 inhabitants. However, its inhabitants were part of Río Cuarto canton when it was a district of Grecia canton, and therefore this figure includes the population of the Santa Rita and Santa Isabel districts created in 2018.[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.
- ^ a b 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.
 Districts of Alajuela Province | |
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| Alajuela | |
| San Ramón | |
| Grecia | |
| San Mateo | |
| Atenas | |
| Naranjo | |
| Palmares | |
| Poás | |
| Orotina | |
| San Carlos | |
| Zarcero | |
| Sarchí | |
| Upala | |
| Los Chiles | |
| Guatuso | |
| Río Cuarto |
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