Palmar
District
Palmar district
Palmar district location in Costa Rica
Palmar district location in Costa Rica
Palmar
Palmar district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 8°56′20″N 83°25′30″W / 8.9387503°N 83.4249454°W / 8.9387503; -83.4249454
Country Costa Rica
ProvincePuntarenas
CantonOsa
Area
 • Total250.72 km2 (96.80 sq mi)
Elevation
26 m (85 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total9,815
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
60502

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

Geography

Palmar has an area of 250.72 km²[3] and an elevation of 26 metres.[1]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
19507,718—
19638,0524.3%
197313,66069.6%
198414,8458.7%
20009,906−33.3%
20119,815−0.9%

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, Palmar had a population of 9,815 inhabitants. [6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

References

  1. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (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.
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