Cartagena District

Cartagena
District
Cartagena district
Cartagena Cartagena district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.3642355°N 85.6809692°W / 10.3642355; -85.6809692
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	Santa Cruz
Creation	2 October 1964
Area
• Total	82.56 km^2 (31.88 sq mi)
Elevation	63 m (207 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	3,824
• Density	46/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	50305

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

History

Cartagena was created on 2 October 1964 by Acuerdo Ejecutivo 405. Segregated from Tempate.[2]

Geography

Cartagena has an area of 82.56 km²[3] and an elevation of 63 metres.[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the village of Cartagena.

Other villages in the district are Corocitos and Lorena.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1973	1,967	—
1984	1,935	−0.15%
2000	2,986	+2.75%
2011	3,824	+2.27%
2022	5,683	+3.67%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, Cartagena had a population of 3,824 inhabitants. [6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 155
• National Route 910

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.