Paraíso (canton)

Coordinates: 9°43′46″N 83°46′14″W / 9.7294954°N 83.7706033°W / 9.7294954; -83.7706033
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Paraíso
Canton
Paraíso
Districts
Districts
  • Llanos de Santa Lucía
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodyMunicipalidad de Paraíso
Area
 • Total411.91 km2 (159.04 sq mi)
Elevation
1,171 m (3,842 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total57,743
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Canton code302

Paraíso is a

Paraíso
district.

History

Paraíso was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167.[1]

Geography

Paraíso has an area of 411.91 km²[4] and a mean elevation of 1,171 metres.[2]

Paraíso is an elongated canton that stretches southeast from its headi city to encompass a swatch of the Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range).

Districts

The canton of Paraíso is subdivided into the following districts:

  1. Paraíso
  2. Santiago
  3. Orosi
  4. Cachí
  5. Llanos de Santa Lucía
  6. Birrisito

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
2011
57,74310.2%

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

For the

2011 census, Paraíso had a population of 57,743 inhabitants. [7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

Rail transportation

The

Incofer
goes through this canton.

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9977-64-243-5
    . 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. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5
    .
  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.
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