Corredores (canton)

Canton in Puntarenas province, Costa Rica

Canton in Puntarenas, Costa Rica

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Corredores canton

8°32′17″N 82°56′45″W / 8.5380105°N 82.9457347°W / 8.5380105; -82.9457347Country

Costa RicaProvincePuntarenasCreation19 October 1973^[1]Head cityCiudad Neily, CorredorDistricts

Districts

Corredor
La Cuesta
Canoas
Laurel

Government

• TypeMunicipality • BodyMunicipalidad de CorredoresArea

• Total620.6 km² (239.6 sq mi)Elevation

58 m (190 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total41,831 • Density67/km² (170/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Canton code610Websitewww.municorredores.go.cr

Corredores is a canton in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.^[2]^[3] The head city is Ciudad Neily in Corredor district.

History

Corredores was created on 19 October 1973 by decree 5373.^[1]

Geography

Corredores has an area of 620.6 km²^[4] and a mean elevation of 58 metres.^[2]

The lowland canton shares its eastern border with Panama. The Conte River marks the western limit. The northern boundary runs through the Zapote Ridge, one of the coastal mountain ranges.

Districts

The canton of Corredores is subdivided into the following districts:

Corredor
La Cuesta
Canoas
Laurel

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1984	28,366	—
2000	37,274	31.4%
2011	41,831	12.2%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

For the 2011 census, Corredores had a population of 41,831 inhabitants.^[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 2
National Route 237
National Route 238
National Route 608
National Route 611
National Route 614

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.