Río Cuarto District Explained

Río Cuarto
Settlement Type:District
Pushpin Map:Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Alt:Río Cuarto district location in Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Caption:Río Cuarto district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates:10.3183°N -84.2232°W
Map Alt:Río Cuarto district
Established Title:Creation
Established Date:11 October 2018
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Alajuela
Subdivision Type2:Canton
Subdivision Name2:Río Cuarto
Elevation M:430
Population Total:11074
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:21601

Río Cuarto is a district of the Río Cuarto canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.[1] [2]

History

Río Cuarto was created on 11 October 2018 by Acuerdo Ejecutivo N°044-2018-MGP.

Geography

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

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Río Cuarto had not been created, but in the records there was a population of inhabitants. However, its inhabitants were part of Río Cuarto canton when it was a district of Grecia canton, and therefore this figure includes the population of the Santa Rita and Santa Isabel districts created in 2018.[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.
  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.