Arenal District, Tilarán Explained

Arenal
Settlement Type:District
Pushpin Map:Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Alt:Arenal district location in Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Caption:Arenal district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates:10.5243°N -84.8631°W
Map Alt:Arenal district
Established Title:Creation
Established Date:16 April 1979
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Guanacaste
Subdivision Type2:Canton
Subdivision Name2:Tilarán
Area Total Km2:73.72
Elevation M:620
Population Total:2300
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:50807

Arenal is a district of the Tilarán canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1] [2] The relocated town of Nuevo Arenal is located in this district.

History

Arenal was created on 16 April 1979 by Decreto Ejecutivo 10002-G.

Geography

Arenal has an area of km²[3] and an elevation of metres.

Locations

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Arenal had a population of inhabitants. [4]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: es . Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP . Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica . 26 September 2020 . 19 March 2019.
  2. Book: es . División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica. 8 March 2017. Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 978-9977-58-477-5.
  3. Web site: es . Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo . Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos . 26 September 2020 . 24 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201024225203/https://www.inec.cr/anuario-estadistico/anuario-estadistico-geografia . dead .
  4. Web site: es . Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito . Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos . 26 September 2020.