Purral Explained

Purral
Settlement Type:	District
Pushpin Map:	Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Alt:	Purral district location in Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Caption:	Purral district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates:	9.9594°N -84.0165°W
Map Alt:	Purral district
Established Title:	Creation
Established Date:	23 July 1991
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	San José
Subdivision Type2:	Canton
Subdivision Name2:	Goicoechea
Area Total Km2:	3.11
Elevation M:	1242
Population Total:	27464
Population As Of:	2011
Population Density Km2:	auto
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	10807

Purral is a district of the Goicoechea canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.^{[1] [2]}

History

Purral was created on 23 July 1991 by Decreto Ejecutivo 20587-G. Segregated from Ipís.

Geography

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

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Purral had a population of inhabitants. ^[4]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 218

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.
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.