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Coto Brus (canton)

Canton in Puntarenas province, Costa Rica

Canton in Puntarenas, Costa Rica

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Coto Brus canton

8°53′20″N 82°54′33″W / 8.8889753°N 82.9092434°W / 8.8889753; -82.9092434Country

Costa RicaProvincePuntarenasCreation10 December 1965^[1]Head citySan VitoDistricts

Districts

San Vito
Sabalito
Aguabuena
Limoncito
Pittier
Gutiérrez Braun

Government

• TypeMunicipality • BodyMunicipalidad de Coto BrusArea

• Total933.91 km² (360.58 sq mi)Elevation

955 m (3,133 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total38,453 • Density41/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Canton code608Websitewww.municotobrus.go.cr

Coto Brus is a canton in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.^[2]^[3] The head city is in San Vito district.

History

Coto Brus was created on 10 December 1965 by decree 3598.^[1]

Geography

Coto Brus has an area of 933.91 km²^[4] and a mean elevation of 955 metres.^[2]

The upland canton shares its eastern border with Panama. The northern limit is high in the Cordillera de Talamanca, and the southwestern boundary runs through the Fila Zapote, one of many small coastal mountain ranges inland from Costa Rica's Pacific coast.

Districts

The canton of Coto Brus is subdivided into the following districts:

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1973	19,971	—
1984	31,650	+4.27%
2000	40,082	+1.49%
2011	38,453	−0.38%
2022	46,351	+1.71%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

For the 2011 census, Coto Brus had a population of 38,453 inhabitants.^[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 237
National Route 246
National Route 612
National Route 613
National Route 617

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).
^ 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.