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Garabito (canton)

Canton in Puntarenas province, Costa Rica

Canton in Puntarenas, Costa Rica

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Garabito canton

9°42′26″N 84°36′53″W / 9.7072525°N 84.6147906°W / 9.7072525; -84.6147906Country

Costa RicaProvincePuntarenasCreation25 September 1980^[1]Head cityJacó Districts

Districts

Government

• TypeMunicipality • BodyMunicipalidad de GarabitoArea

• Total316.31 km² (122.13 sq mi)Elevation

22 m (72 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total17,229 • Density54/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Canton code611Websitewww.munigarabito.go.cr

Garabito is a canton in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.^[2]^[3] The head city is in Jacó district.

History

Garabito was created on 25 September 1980 by decree 6512.^[1]

Geography

Garabito has an area of 316.31 km²^[4] and a mean elevation of 22 metres.^[2]

The canton lies along the north-central Pacific coast between Punta Loros near the town of Tivives and the mouth of the Tusubres River. The eastern boundary runs through the Fila Negra, a coastal mountain range.

Districts

The canton of Garabito is subdivided into the following districts:

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1984	3,144	—
2000	10,378	230.1%
2011	17,229	66.0%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

For the 2011 census, Garabito had a population of 17,229 inhabitants.^[7] Garabito has a population density of 54.5 /km² (141.1 /sq mi).

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 34
National Route 320

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.