Guápiles, Pococí Explained

Guápiles
Settlement Type:	District
Pushpin Map:	Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Alt:	Guápiles district location in Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Caption:	Guápiles district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates:	10.207°N -83.8581°W
Map Alt:	Guápiles district
Established Title:	Creation
Established Date:	19 September 1911
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Limón
Subdivision Type2:	Canton
Subdivision Name2:	Pococí
Area Total Km2:	222.63
Elevation M:	262
Population Total:	36469
Population As Of:	2011
Population Density Km2:	auto
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	70201

Guápiles is a district of the Pococí canton, in the Limón province of Costa Rica.^{[1] [2]}

Toponymy

The origin of the name of Guápiles seems to come from the two rivers that run to both sides of the population, since they are said that they are "Guapes" (Twins). Whereas Pococí, name of the canton, corresponds to the name of the native cacique that inhabited this place to the arrival of the Spaniards. Other caciques that inhabited the region were Camaquiri and Cocorí mentioned in historical primers and national Literature.

History

Guápiles was created on 19 September 1911 by Ley 12.

Geography

Guápiles has an area of km^2[3] and an elevation of metres.

Guápiles is settled to an altitude of 268^[4] meters and is considered the main door of entrance to the Costa Rican Caribbean.

Climate

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Guápiles had a population of inhabitants.^[5]

Locations

The head city is Guápiles, one of the majors outside of the Central Valley (Costa Rica). It is 64 km to the northeast of the capital city of Costa Rica, on the route 32. The city of Limón is to 99 km to the east.

The population centers of the district are:

• City: Guápiles
• Neighborhoods (Barrios): Cecilia, Diamantes, Emilia, Floresta, Coopevigua (1,2,3), Garabito, Palmera, Los Sauces, La Urba, Toro Amarillo
• Villages (Poblados): Blanco, Calle Ángeles, Calle Gobierno, Corinto, Flores, Marina, Prado (part), Rancho Redondo, San Rafael

Economic activity

At present (as in the rest of the Caribbean zone), the main economic activities are agricultural sector: banana and pineapple, sowing of basic grains and livestock activity.

There are regions of great tourist interest for the beauty of the landscape.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 4
• National Route 32
• National Route 149
• National Route 247
• National Route 249

External links

• Municipality of Pococí
• National Institute of Statistics and Censuses

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 . 24 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240224063957/https://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1&nValor2=88416&nValor3=115607&param2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=1&strSim=simp . dead .
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: Rural Territorial Development Plan of Pococí . INDER . pdf . 2017-08-11 . 2017-08-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170812021817/https://www.inder.go.cr/territorios_inder/region_huetar_caribe/planes_desarrollo/PDRT-Pococi.pdf . dead .
5. 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.