| Llanuras del Gaspar | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Llanuras del Gaspar district location in Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Llanuras del Gaspar district location in Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 10.6761°N -83.8271°W |
| Map Alt: | Llanuras del Gaspar district |
| Established Title: | Creation |
| Established Date: | 6 October 1999 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Heredia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Canton |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sarapiquí |
| Area Total Km2: | 267.74 |
| Elevation M: | 20 |
| Population Total: | 1160 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 41004 |
Llanuras del Gaspar is a district of the Sarapiquí canton, in the Heredia province of Costa Rica.[1] [2]
Llanuras del Gaspar was created on 6 October 1999 by Decreto Ejecutivo 28137-G.
It is located in the northern region of the country and borders the district of Puerto Viejo to the south and west, with the province of Limón to the east and Nicaragua to the north.Its head, the village of La Aldea, is located 40 km (18 minutes) NE of Puerto Viejo and 122 km (2 hours 59 minutes) to the NE of San José the capital of the nation.
Llanuras del Gaspar has an area of km²[3] and an elevation of metres. It is the smallest district of the canton by surface.
It presents a plain territory by dominated by the plains of Sarapiquí.
The district has 1 160 inhabitants, making it the third-most populous of the canton.[4]
For the 2011 census, Llanuras del Gaspar had a population of inhabitants. [5]
The 9 centers of population of the district son:
As in its neighboring district of Cureña, agriculture (banana, pineapple, yucca and plantain) is the basis of the local economy.
La Aldea, its head, has education and health services, is the last thanks to the presence of an BTIHC (Basic Team for Integral Health Care) or EBAIS, for its acronym in Spanish.
The district is covered by the following road routes: