Pacayas

District in Alvarado canton, Cartago province, Costa Rica

District in Cartago, Costa Rica

9°56′16″N 83°49′03″W / 9.9377396°N 83.8174516°W / 9.9377396; -83.8174516Country

Costa RicaProvinceCartagoCantonAlvaradoArea

• Total29.68 km² (11.46 sq mi)Elevation

1,735 m (5,692 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total5,628 • Density190/km² (490/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Postal code

30601

Pacayas is a district of the Alvarado canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.^[1]^[2]

Geography

Pacayas has an area of 29.68 km²^[3] and an elevation of 1,735 metres.^[1]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1927	1,754	—
1950	2,192	25.0%
1963	2,795	27.5%
1973	3,400	21.6%
1984	3,760	10.6%
2000	5,386	43.2%
2011	5,628	4.5%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[5]

For the 2011 census, Pacayas had a population of 5,628 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 219
National Route 230
National Route 402
National Route 417

Economy

It is the home of the cooperative Coopebaires R. L., the main wholesale distributor of potatoes, carrots, broccoli and other fresh vegetables in the north region of Cartago Province.^[7]

References

^ ^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). 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.
^ "Coopebaires R.L". Retrieved 2 October 2020.