Santa Cecilia
District
Santa Cecilia district
Santa Cecilia district location in Costa Rica
Santa Cecilia district location in Costa Rica
Santa Cecilia
Santa Cecilia district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 11°01′50″N 85°20′50″W / 11.0304897°N 85.3473015°W / 11.0304897; -85.3473015
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceGuanacaste
CantonLa Cruz
Area
 • Total258.16 km2 (99.68 sq mi)
Elevation
337 m (1,106 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total6,258
 • Density24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
51002

Santa Cecilia is a district of the La Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

Geography

Santa Cecilia has an area of 258.16 km²[3] and an elevation of 337 metres.[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the village of Santa Cecilia.

Other villages in the district are Armenia, Belice, Bellavista, Brisas, Caoba, Esperanza, Flor del Norte, Lajosa, Marías, Palmares, San Antonio, San Cristóbal, San Rafael, San Vicente, Santa Elena, Sardina, and Virgen.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
19732,054—
19843,04248.1%
20005,23872.2%
20116,25819.5%

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

For the 2011 census, Santa Cecilia had a population of 6,258 inhabitants.[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

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.


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