Colorado District Explained

Colorado
Settlement Type:District
Pushpin Map:Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Alt:Colorado district location in Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Caption:Colorado district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates:10.2133°N -85.1256°W
Map Alt:Colorado district
Established Title:Creation
Established Date:24 April 1970
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Guanacaste
Subdivision Type2:Canton
Subdivision Name2:Abangares
Area Total Km2:201.04
Elevation M:18
Population Total:4621
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:50704

Colorado is a district of the Abangares canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1] [2]

History

Colorado was created on 24 April 1970 by Decreto 23, crea consejo distrital.

Geography

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

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the town of Colorado.

Other villages are Barbudal, Gavilanes, Higuerilla, Huacas (partly), Monte Potrero, Quebracho, Peñablanca, San Buenaventura, San Joaquín, Solimar and Villafuerte.

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Colorado 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.