Potrero Grande
District
Potrero Grande district
Potrero Grande district location in Costa Rica
Potrero Grande district location in Costa Rica
Potrero Grande
Potrero Grande district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°06′07″N 83°09′56″W / 9.1020612°N 83.1654336°W / 9.1020612; -83.1654336
Country Costa Rica
ProvincePuntarenas
CantonBuenos Aires
Area
 • Total626.4 km2 (241.9 sq mi)
Elevation
183 m (600 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total5,956
 • Density9.5/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
60303

Potrero Grande is a district of the Buenos Aires canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

Geography

Potrero Grande has an area of 626.4 km²[3] and an elevation of 183 metres.[1]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1927713—
19501,22271.4%
19632,576110.8%
19735,700121.3%
19849,65569.4%
20005,162−46.5%
20115,95615.4%

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

For the 2011 census, Potrero Grande had a population of 5,956 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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