Purral
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Purral | |
|---|---|
 Purral district | |
  Purral Purral district location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 9°57′34″N 84°00′59″W / 9.9594423°N 84.0164941°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | San José |
| Canton | Goicoechea |
| Creation | 23 July 1991 |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.11 km2 (1.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,242 m (4,075 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 27,464 |
| • Density | 8,830/km2 (22,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Postal code | 10807 |
Purral is a district of the Goicoechea canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.[1][2]
History
[edit]Purral was created on 23 July 1991 by Decreto Ejecutivo 20587-G. Segregated from Ipís.[2]
Geography
[edit]Purral has an area of 3.11 km2[3] and an elevation of 1,242 metres.[1]
Demographics
[edit]| Census | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 26,767 | — |
| 2011 | 27,464 | +0.23% |
| 2022 | 34,370 | +2.06% |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5] | ||
For the 2011 census, Purral had a population of 27,464 inhabitants.[6]
Transportation
[edit]Road transportation
[edit]The district is covered by the following road routes:
References
[edit]- 1 2 "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.
- 1 2 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.
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