Tempate
Appearance
Tempate | |
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Tempate district | |
Coordinates: 10°23′42″N 85°44′43″W / 10.3950191°N 85.745226°W | |
Country | |
Province | Guanacaste |
Canton | Santa Cruz |
Area | |
• Total | 129.95 km2 (50.17 sq mi) |
Elevation | 62 m (203 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,630 |
• Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
Postal code | 50304 |
Tempate is a district of the Santa Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2]
Geography
Tempate has an area of 129.95 km²[3] and an elevation of 62 metres.[1]
Villages
Administrative center of the district is the village of Tempate.
Other villages in the district are Cañafístula, Chiles, Higuerón, Huacas, Jobo, Llano, Paraíso, Portegolpe and Potrero.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1883 | 651 | — |
1927 | 2,339 | +2.95% |
1950 | 2,731 | +0.68% |
1963 | 4,094 | +3.16% |
1973 | 3,267 | −2.23% |
1984 | 3,371 | +0.29% |
2000 | 3,395 | +0.04% |
2011 | 5,630 | +4.71% |
2022 | 6,467 | +1.27% |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5] |
For the 2011 census, Tempate had a population of 5,630 inhabitants. [6]
Transportation
Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
National Route 155
National Route 180
National Route 909
National Route 910
National Route 911
National Route 933
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).
- ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (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.