La Fortuna, Bagaces Cantón Explained

La Fortuna
Settlement Type:District
Pushpin Map:Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Alt:La Fortuna district location in Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Caption:La Fortuna district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates:10.641°N -85.1777°W
Map Alt:La Fortuna district
Established Title:Creation
Established Date:14 August 1968
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Guanacaste
Subdivision Type2:Canton
Subdivision Name2:Bagaces
Area Total Km2:163.37
Elevation M:430
Population Total:2756
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:50402

La Fortuna is a district of the Bagaces canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1] [2]

History

La Fortuna was created on 14 August 1968 by Decreto 29. Segregated from Bagaces.

Geography

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

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the town of La Fortuna.

Other villages are Casavieja (partly), Cuipilapa, Giganta, Hornillas, Macuá, Martillete, Mozotal, Pozo Azul, Sagrada Familia, San Bernardo, San Joaquín, Santa Fe, Santa Rosa and Unión Ferrer.

Demographics

For the 2011 census, La Fortuna 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.