Cabo Velas Explained

Cabo Velas
Settlement Type:District
Pushpin Map:Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Alt:Cabo Velas district location in Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Caption:Cabo Velas district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates:10.3769°N -85.8199°W
Map Alt:Cabo Velas district
Established Title:Creation
Established Date:30 November 1988
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Guanacaste
Subdivision Type2:Canton
Subdivision Name2:Santa Cruz
Area Total Km2:73.5
Elevation M:26
Population Total:3362
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:50308

Cabo Velas is a district of the Santa Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1] [2]

History

Cabo Velas was created on 30 November 1988 by Acuerdo Ejecutivo 430.

Geography

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

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the village of Matapalo.

Other villages in the district are Brasilito, Conchal, Flamingo, Garita Vieja, Jesús María, Lajas, Lomas, Playa Real, Puerto Viejo, Salinas, Salinitas, Tacasolapa, Playa Grande and Zapotillal.

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Cabo Velas 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.