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Guaycará

Coordinates: 8°41′05″N 83°05′00″W / 8.684584°N 83.083348°W / 8.684584; -83.083348
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Guaycará
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Guaycará district
Guaycará district location in Costa Rica
Guaycará district location in Costa Rica
Guaycará
Guaycará district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 8°41′05″N 83°05′00″W / 8.684584°N 83.083348°W / 8.684584; -83.083348
Country Costa Rica
ProvincePuntarenas
CantonGolfito
Creation26 November 1971
Area
 • Total323.11 km2 (124.75 sq mi)
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total12,918
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
60703

Guaycará is a district of the Golfito canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

History

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Guaycará was created on 26 November 1971 by Decreto Ejecutivo 2074-G .[2]

Geography

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Guaycará has an area of 323.11 km²[3] and an elevation of 50 metres.[1]

Locations

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The entrance to the Piedras Blancas National Park is in the village of La Gamba in this district.

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.±% p.a.
19737,021—    
19849,340+2.63%
200011,456+1.28%
201112,918+1.10%
202215,176+1.48%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, Guaycará had a population of 12,918 inhabitants. [6]

Transportation

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Road transportation

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The district is covered by the following road routes:

References

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  1. ^ 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. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  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.