Cartago (canton)

Canton in Cartago province, Costa Rica

Canton in Cartago, Costa Rica

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Cartago canton

9°47′20″N 83°55′34″W / 9.7889852°N 83.9261136°W / 9.7889852; -83.9261136Country

Costa RicaProvinceCartagoCreation7 December 1848^[1]Head cityOrientalDistricts

Districts

Oriental
Occidental
Carmen
San Nicolás
Aguacaliente
Guadalupe
Corralillo
Tierra Blanca
Dulce Nombre
Llano Grande
Quebradilla

Government

• TypeMunicipality • BodyMunicipalidad de Cartago • MayorMario Redondo Poveda (ADC)Area

• Total287.77 km² (111.11 sq mi)Elevation

1,575 m (5,167 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total147,898 • Density510/km² (1,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Canton code301Websitewww.muni-carta.go.cr

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

History

Cartago was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167.^[1]

Geography

Cartago has an area of 287.77 km²^[4] and a mean elevation of 1,575 metres.^[2]

Cartago is a T-shaped canton stretching southeast from its capital city to encompass a thin swatch of the Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range), and including portions of the Interamericana (Pan-American Highway).

Districts

The canton of Cartago is subdivided into the following districts:

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1864	16,780	—
1883	20,398	21.6%
1892	25,898	27.0%
1927	26,909	3.9%
1950	30,763	14.3%
1963	46,722	51.9%
1973	65,310	39.8%
1984	87,125	33.4%
2000	132,057	51.6%
2011	147,898	12.0%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

For the 2011 census, Cartago had a population of 147,898 inhabitants.^[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 2
National Route 10
National Route 206
National Route 218
National Route 219
National Route 222
National Route 228
National Route 231
National Route 233
National Route 236
National Route 304
National Route 401
National Route 405
National Route 406
National Route 407

Rail transportation

The Interurbano Line operated by Incofer goes through this canton.

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. 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.