Bolsón District

Bolsón
District
Bolsón district
Bolsón Bolsón district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.3489023°N 85.4603021°W / 10.3489023; -85.4603021
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	Santa Cruz
Area
• Total	32.47 km^2 (12.54 sq mi)
Elevation	13 m (43 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,627
• Density	50/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	50302

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

Geography

Bolsón has an area of 32.47 km^2[3] and an elevation of 13 metres.[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the village of Bolsón.

Another village in the district is Lagartero.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1883	114	—
1927	1,559	+6.12%
1950	1,837	+0.72%
1963	2,979	+3.79%
1973	3,559	+1.79%
1984	1,314	−8.66%
2000	1,605	+1.26%
2011	1,627	+0.12%
2022	2,378	+3.51%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, Bolsón had a population of 1,627 inhabitants.[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 920

References

1. "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). 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.