Porozal

Porozal
District
Porozal district
Porozal Porozal district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.2685301°N 85.1748724°W / 10.2685301; -85.1748724
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	Cañas
Creation	30 November 1995
Area
• Total	105.23 km^2 (40.63 sq mi)
Elevation	35 m (115 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	669
• Density	6.4/km^2 (16/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	50605

Porozal is a district of the Cañas canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

History

Porozal was created on 30 November 1995 by Decreto Ejecutivo 24809-G. Segregated from Cañas.[2]

Geography

Porozal has an area of 105.23 square kilometres (40.63 sq mi)[3] and an elevation of 35 metres (115 ft).[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the village of Porozal.

Other villages in the district Brisas, Eskameca, Guapinol, Pozas, Puerto Alegre, Quesera, Santa Lucía, Taboga (partly) and Tiquirusas.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
2000	719	—
2011	669	−0.65%
2022	862	+2.33%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, Porozal had a population of 669 inhabitants. [6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 18

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). 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.