Paraíso (canton)

Canton in Cartago province, Costa Rica

Canton in Cartago, Costa Rica

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Paraíso canton

9°43′46″N 83°46′14″W / 9.7294954°N 83.7706033°W / 9.7294954; -83.7706033Country

Costa RicaProvinceCartagoCreation7 December 1848^[1]Head cityParaíso Districts

Districts

Government

• TypeMunicipality • BodyMunicipalidad de ParaísoArea

• Total411.91 km² (159.04 sq mi)Elevation

1,171 m (3,842 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total57,743 • Density140/km² (360/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Canton code302

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

History

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

Geography

Paraíso has an area of 411.91 km²^[4] and a mean elevation of 1,171 metres.^[2]

Paraíso is an elongated canton that stretches southeast from its headi city to encompass a swatch of the Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range).

Districts

The canton of Paraíso is subdivided into the following districts:

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1864	4,238	—
1883	7,114	67.9%
1892	7,819	9.9%
1927	7,900	1.0%
1950	11,426	44.6%
1963	18,389	60.9%
1973	22,281	21.2%
1984	27,823	24.9%
2000	52,393	88.3%
2011	57,743	10.2%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

For the 2011 census, Paraíso had a population of 57,743 inhabitants. ^[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 2
National Route 10
National Route 224
National Route 225
National Route 404
National Route 405
National Route 408
National Route 416

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). 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.