Porvenir District

Porvenir is a district of the Nandayure canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2] Located on the Nicoya Peninsula.

Porvenir
District
Porvenir district
Porvenir district location in Costa Rica
Porvenir district location in Costa Rica
Porvenir
Porvenir district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9.9180877°N 85.2735782°W / 9.9180877; -85.2735782
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceGuanacaste
CantonNandayure
Area
 • Total40.17 km2 (15.51 sq mi)
Elevation
625 m (2,051 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total741
 • Density18/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
50905

Geography

Porvenir has an area of 40.17 km2[3] and an elevation of 625 metres.[1]

Villages

The administrative center of the district is the village of Cerro Azul.

Other villages in the district are Ángeles, Bellavista, Cabeceras de Río Bejuco, Chompipe (partly), Delicias, Quebrada Grande and San Josecito.

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
19631,881—
19731,543−18.0%
19841,338−13.3%
2000994−25.7%
2011741−25.5%

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

For the 2011 census, Porvenir had a population of 741 inhabitants.[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

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). 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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