Palmares (canton)

Canton in Alajuela province, Costa Rica

Canton in Alajuela, Costa Rica

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Palmares canton

10°02′48″N 84°26′14″W / 10.0465715°N 84.4372672°W / 10.0465715; -84.4372672Country

Costa RicaProvinceAlajuelaCreation30 July 1888^[1]Head cityPalmaresDistricts

Districts

Palmares
Zaragoza
Buenos Aires
Santiago
Candelaria
Esquipulas
La Granja

Government

• TypeMunicipality • BodyMunicipalidad de PalmaresArea

• Total38.06 km² (14.70 sq mi)Elevation

1,028 m (3,373 ft)Population

(2022)

• Total41,805 • Density1,100/km² (2,800/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Canton code207Websitewww.munipalmares.go.cr

Palmares is a canton in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.^[2]^[3]

History

Palmares was created on 30 July 1888 by decree 68.^[1]

The first settlers in what today is Palmares are believed to have arrived in 1835 from the cities of Alajuela and Belén, looking for land where to cultivate tobacco and other products.

Geography

Palmares has an area of 38.06 km²^[4] and a mean elevation of 1,028 metres.^[2]

The canton encompasses a circular area with the city of Palmares at its center. The Aguacate Mountains establish the boundary on the canton's southwestern edge and the Grande River delineates the boundary on its north and northeast sides.

Districts

The canton of Palmares is subdivided into the following districts:

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1892	2,770	—
1927	6,683	141.3%
1950	7,934	18.7%
1963	12,283	54.8%
1973	14,495	18.0%
1984	17,815	22.9%
2000	29,766	67.1%
2011	34,716	16.6%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

For the 2011 census, Palmares had a population of 34,716 inhabitants.^[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 1
National Route 135
National Route 148
National Route 169
National Route 713
National Route 714
National Route 715

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). 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.