Potrero Cerrado

District in Oreamuno canton, Cartago province, Costa Rica

District in Cartago, Costa Rica

9°55′54″N 83°52′31″W / 9.9315916°N 83.8751389°W / 9.9315916; -83.8751389Country

Costa RicaProvinceCartagoCantonOreamunoArea

• Total18.2 km² (7.0 sq mi)Elevation

2,196 m (7,205 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total2,281 • Density130/km² (320/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Postal code

30703

Potrero Cerrado is a district of the Oreamuno canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.^[1]^[2]

Geography

Potrero Cerrado has an area of 18.2 km²^[3] and an elevation of 2,196 metres.^[1]

Potrero Cerrado has a subtropical highland climate (Cfb) with moderate rainfall from January to April and heavy rainfall from May to December.

Climate data for Potrero Cerrado
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	16.8 (62.2)	17.6 (63.7)	18.4 (65.1)	18.6 (65.5)	18.5 (65.3)	18.0 (64.4)	17.8 (64.0)	17.9 (64.2)	18.1 (64.6)	17.7 (63.9)	17.2 (63.0)	16.8 (62.2)	17.8 (64.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	12.9 (55.2)	13.2 (55.8)	13.8 (56.8)	14.3 (57.7)	14.6 (58.3)	14.4 (57.9)	14.4 (57.9)	14.4 (57.9)	14.3 (57.7)	13.9 (57.0)	13.7 (56.7)	13.1 (55.6)	13.9 (57.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	9.1 (48.4)	8.9 (48.0)	9.2 (48.6)	10.0 (50.0)	10.7 (51.3)	10.8 (51.4)	11.0 (51.8)	11.0 (51.8)	10.6 (51.1)	10.1 (50.2)	10.3 (50.5)	9.5 (49.1)	10.1 (50.2)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	79 (3.1)	42 (1.7)	33 (1.3)	75 (3.0)	217 (8.5)	238 (9.4)	197 (7.8)	231 (9.1)	270 (10.6)	314 (12.4)	201 (7.9)	135 (5.3)	2,032 (80.1)
Source: Climate-Data.org^[4]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1927	443	—
1950	945	113.3%
1963	888	−6.0%
1973	888	0.0%
1984	959	8.0%
2000	2,023	110.9%
2011	2,281	12.8%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

For the 2011 census, Potrero Cerrado had a population of 2,281 inhabitants. ^[7]

The district is covered by the following road routes:

^ ^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.
^ "Climate: Potrero Cerrado". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved December 31, 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.