Hojancha District

Hojancha is a district of the Hojancha canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

Hojancha
District
Hojancha district
Hojancha
Hojancha district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.0455932°N 85.4265636°W / 10.0455932; -85.4265636
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceGuanacaste
CantonHojancha
Area
 • Total79.05 km2 (30.52 sq mi)
Elevation
350 m (1,150 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total4,245
 • Density54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
51101

Geography

Hojancha has an area of 79.05 km²[3] and an elevation of 350 metres.[1]

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the village of Palmira.

Other villages in the district are Ángeles, Comunidad, Paso Tempisque (partly) and San Rafael.

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
19737,899—
19845,879−25.6%
20003,751−36.2%
20114,24513.2%

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, Hojancha had a population of 4,245 inhabitants. [6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

References
  1. "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.
  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.
  3. "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  5. "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
  6. "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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