Birrisito

Birrisito
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Birrisito district
Birrisito district location in Costa Rica
Birrisito district location in Costa Rica
Birrisito
Birrisito district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°50′56″N 83°50′46″W / 9.8488°N 83.846°W / 9.8488; -83.846
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceCartago
CantonParaíso
Founded18 August 2021
Area
 • Total
7.5 km2 (2.9 sq mi)
Elevation
1,325 m (4,347 ft)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
30206

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

History

The district was proposed on 13 July 2020 by the deputy Paola Valladares (PLN-Cartago) under the file 22076 of the Legislative Assembly, which was approved in a second debate on 12 July 2021 and eventually created under Law No.° 10004, signed on 28 July 2021 and published in La Gaceta No.° 158 of 18 August 2021.[3]

Due to the general elections of 2022, the district would be incorporated until the after that event.

It was segregated from Paraíso, the first district of the canton.

Geography

Birrisito has an area of 7.5 km2[3] and an elevation of 1,325 metres.[1]

It is located 8 km southeast of Cartago.

Demographics

As of the 2011 census, the district hasn't been created and its population was part of Paraíso district.[4]

Locations

  • Head town: Birrisito.
  • Hamlets: La Huerta, El Alto Jesús de la Misericordia (Alto Birrisito), El Carmen neighborhood, el Chiral.

Economy

Agriculture

There are crops of tomato, sweet chili, cucumber, beans, corn, vegetables, sweet potatoes, chayote and also coffee.[5]

Tourism

There is rural tourism potential.[5]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

References

  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. 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. ^ a b "La Gaceta N° 158" (PDF). La Gaceta (in Spanish) (158): 2. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ a b Fernández, Karen (10 August 2021). "Danny Fonseca destaca los atributos de Birrisito, el nuevo distrito paraiseño". La Teja (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
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