Tuis
District
Tuis district
Tuis district location in Costa Rica
Tuis district location in Costa Rica
Tuis
Tuis district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°50′25″N 83°33′39″W / 9.840193°N 83.5608858°W / 9.840193; -83.5608858
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceCartago
CantonTurrialba
Creation11 June 1968
Area
 • Total38.88 km2 (15.01 sq mi)
Elevation
735 m (2,411 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,837
 • Density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
30507

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

History

Tuis was created on 11 June 1968 by Decreto Ejecutivo 20. Segregated from La Suiza.[2]

Geography

Tuis has an area of 38.88 km²[3] and an elevation of 735 metres.[1]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
19731,422—
19842,10648.1%
20002,63024.9%
20112,8377.9%

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

For the 2011 census, Tuis had a population of 2,837 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. 1 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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