Guácimo (canton)

Coordinates: 10°12′09″N 83°37′20″W / 10.2024994°N 83.6223033°W / 10.2024994; -83.6223033
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Guácimo
Flag of Guácimo
Official seal of Guácimo
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Guácimo canton
Guácimo canton location in Costa Rica
Guácimo canton location in Costa Rica
Guácimo
Guácimo canton location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°12′09″N 83°37′20″W / 10.2024994°N 83.6223033°W / 10.2024994; -83.6223033
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceLimón
Creation8 May 1971[1]
Head cityGuácimo
Districts
Districts
  • Duacarí
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodyMunicipalidad de Guácimo
Area
 • Total576.48 km2 (222.58 sq mi)
Elevation
67 m (220 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total41,266
 • Density72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Canton code706
Websitewww.guacimo.go.cr

Guácimo is a canton in the Limón province of Costa Rica.[2][3] The head city is in Guácimo district.

History

Guácimo was created on 8 May 1971 by decree 4753.[1]

Geography

Guácimo has an area of 576.48 km2[4] and a mean elevation of 67 metres.[2]

The canton is landlocked and therefore the only canton in the province of Limón without access to the

Parismina rivers delineate the eastern boundary, and the canton reaches into the Cordillera Central
to the south.

Districts

The canton of Guácimo is subdivided into the following districts:

  1. Guácimo
  2. Mercedes
  3. Pocora
  4. Río Jiménez
  5. Duacarí

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
2011
41,26618.3%

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[5]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[6]

For the

2011 census, Guácimo had a population of 41,266 inhabitants.[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

References

  1. ^ . Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "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.
  3. .
  4. ^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  6. ^ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
  7. ^ "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.