Potrero Grande District

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

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: 9.1020612°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

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. "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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