Porvenir District

Porvenir
District
Porvenir district
Porvenir Porvenir district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9.9180877°N 85.2735782°W / 9.9180877; -85.2735782
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	Nandayure
Area
• Total	40.17 km^2 (15.51 sq mi)
Elevation	625 m (2,051 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	741
• Density	18/km^2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	50905

Porvenir is a district of the Nandayure canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.^[1][2] Located on the Nicoya Peninsula.

Geography

Porvenir has an area of 40.17 km^2[3] and an elevation of 625 metres.^[1]

Villages

The administrative center of the district is the village of Cerro Azul.

Other villages in the district are Ángeles, Bellavista, Cabeceras de Río Bejuco, Chompipe (partly), Delicias, Quebrada Grande and San Josecito.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1963	1,881	—
1973	1,543	−1.96%
1984	1,338	−1.29%
2000	994	−1.84%
2011	741	−2.63%
2022	769	+0.34%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, Porvenir had a population of 741 inhabitants.^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 903

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.