Aserrí District
Aserrí | |
|---|---|
 Aserrí district | |
  Aserrí Aserrí district location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 9°51′13″N 84°06′28″W / 9.8536736°N 84.1078075°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | San José |
| Canton | Aserrí |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15.25 km2 (5.89 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,308 m (4,291 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 28,191 |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Postal code | 10601 |
Aserrí is a district of the Aserrí canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.[1][2]
Name
[edit]Aserrí takes its name from a Huetar tribe, also called the Accerri.[3][4]
Geography
[edit]Aserrí has an area of 15.25 km2[5] and an elevation of 1,308 metres.[1]
Demographics
[edit]| Census | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1864 | 713 | — |
| 1883 | 1,037 | +1.99% |
| 1892 | 1,239 | +2.00% |
| 1927 | 2,711 | +2.26% |
| 1950 | 3,541 | +1.17% |
| 1963 | 5,778 | +3.84% |
| 1973 | 11,653 | +7.27% |
| 1984 | 20,968 | +5.49% |
| 2000 | 23,844 | +0.81% |
| 2011 | 28,191 | +1.53% |
| 2022 | 29,112 | +0.29% |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[6] Centro Centroamericano de Población[7] | ||
For the 2011 census, Aserrí had a population of 28,191 inhabitants. [8]
Transportation
[edit]Road transportation
[edit]The district is covered by the following road routes:
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Quesada Pacheco, Miguel Ángel, Los huetares: historia, lengua, etnografía y tradición oral, Cartago, Editorializing Tecnológica, 1996.
- ^ Clark, Patricia Roberts (21 October 2009). Tribal Names of the Americas: Spelling Variants and Alternative Forms, Cross-Referenced. McFarland. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7864-5169-2.
- ^ "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).
- ^ 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.
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