La Cruz, Costa Rica

La Cruz
District
La Cruz district
La Cruz La Cruz district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 11.0845008°N 85.6435834°W / 11.0845008; -85.6435834
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	La Cruz
Area
• Total	345.5 km^2 (133.4 sq mi)
Elevation	255 m (837 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	9,195
• Density	27/km^2 (69/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	51001

La Cruz is a district of the La Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2] It is located in the north of the country, near the border with Nicaragua.

Geography

La Cruz has an area of 345.5 km²[3] and an elevation of 255 metres.[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the town of La Cruz.

Other villages in the district are Bellavista, Bello Horizonte, Brisas, Cacao, Carrizal, Carrizales, Colonia Bolaños, Copalchí, Infierno, Jobo, Monte Plata, Montes de Oro, Pampa, Pegón, Peñas Blancas, Piedra Pómez, Puerto Soley, Recreo, San Buenaventura, San Dimas, San Paco, San Roque, Santa Rogelia, Santa Rosa, Soley, Sonzapote, Tempatal and Vueltas.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1927	2,870	—
1950	3,934	+1.38%
1963	5,833	+3.08%
1973	4,283	−3.04%
1984	5,517	+2.33%
2000	7,880	+2.25%
2011	9,195	+1.41%
2022	12,439	+2.79%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, La Cruz had a population of 9,195 inhabitants.[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 1
• National Route 4
• National Route 935
• National Route 938
• National Route 939

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.