Guácimo (canton)

Canton in Limón province, Costa Rica

Canton in Limón, Costa Rica

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Guácimo canton

10°12′09″N 83°37′20″W / 10.2024994°N 83.6223033°W / 10.2024994; -83.6223033Country

Costa RicaProvince LimónCreation8 May 1971^[1]Head cityGuácimo Districts

Districts

Government

• TypeMunicipality • BodyMunicipalidad de GuácimoArea

• Total576.48 km² (222.58 sq mi)Elevation

67 m (220 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total41,266 • Density72/km² (190/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Canton code706Websitewww.guacimo.go.cr

Guácimo is a canton in the Limón province of Costa Rica.^[2]^[3] The head city is in Guácimo district.

History

Guácimo was created on 8 May 1971 by decree 4753.^[1]

Geography

Guácimo has an area of 576.48 km²^[4] and a mean elevation of 67 metres.^[2]

The canton is landlocked and therefore the only canton in the province of Limón without access to the Caribbean Sea. Its northern border is marked by the Esperanza and Jiménez rivers, which also forms the western border. The Destierro and Parismina rivers delineate the eastern boundary, and the canton reaches into the Cordillera Central to the south.

Districts

The canton of Guácimo is subdivided into the following districts:

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1973	11,572	—
1984	16,472	42.3%
2000	34,879	111.7%
2011	41,266	18.3%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

For the 2011 census, Guácimo had a population of 41,266 inhabitants.^[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 32
National Route 248
National Route 811
National Route 816

References

^ ^a ^b Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN 9977-64-243-5. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.
^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
^ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
^ "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.