Chacarita District

Chacarita
District
Chacarita district
Chacarita Chacarita district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9.9841838°N 84.7693637°W / 9.9841838; -84.7693637
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Puntarenas
Canton	Puntarenas
Creation	18 July 1994
Area
• Total	4.92 km^2 (1.90 sq mi)
Elevation	4 m (13 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	17,434
• Density	3,500/km^2 (9,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	60112

Chacarita is a district of the Puntarenas canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.^[1][2]

History

Chacarita was created on 18 July 1994 by Ley 7422.^[2]

Geography

Chacarita has an area of 4.92 km^2[3] and an elevation of 4 metres.^[1]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1883	102	—
1892	132	+2.91%
2000	23,163	+4.90%
2011	17,434	−2.55%
2022	17,661	+0.12%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

At the 2011 census, Chacarita had a population of 17,434 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 17

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.