Buenos Aires (canton)

Canton in Puntarenas province, Costa Rica

Canton in Puntarenas, Costa Rica

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Buenos Aires canton

9°04′57″N 83°15′42″W / 9.0824408°N 83.2617871°W / 9.0824408; -83.2617871Country

Costa RicaProvincePuntarenasCreation29 July 1940^[1]Head cityBuenos Aires Districts

Districts

Buenos Aires
Volcán
Potrero Grande
Boruca
Pilas
Colinas
Chánguena
Briolley
Brunka

Government

• TypeMunicipality • BodyMunicipalidad de Buenos AiresArea

• Total2,384.22 km² (920.55 sq mi)Elevation

386 m (1,266 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total45,244 • Density19/km² (49/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Canton code603Websitewww.munibuenosaires.go.cr

Buenos Aires is a canton in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.^[2]^[3] The head city is in Buenos Aires district.

History

A law of 26 June 1914, created a canton by the name of "De Osa". This new entity encompassed much of the national territory of southernmost Costa Rica.

Buenos Aires was created on 29 July 1940 by decree 185, segregated from "De Osa".^[1] The remaining territorial extension is now Osa canton.

Geography

Buenos Aires has an area of 2,384.22 km²^[4] and a mean elevation of 386 metres.^[2]

The canton includes a portion of the Cordillera de Talamanca along its northeastern border. The valleys of the General River, Coto Brus River and Térraba River form the core of the canton, and coastal mountain ranges set the limits on the southeast side.

Districts

The canton of Buenos Aires is subdivided into the following districts:

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1950	7,392	—
1963	11,042	49.4%
1973	20,104	82.1%
1984	27,716	37.9%
2000	40,139	44.8%
2011	45,244	12.7%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

For the 2011 census, Buenos Aires had a population of 45,244 inhabitants.^[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 2
National Route 237
National Route 246
National Route 331
National Route 610
National Route 625

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). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. 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.