Purral
Purral district
Purral district location in Costa Rica
Purral district location in Costa Rica
Purral
Purral district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°57′34″N 84°00′59″W / 9.9594423°N 84.0164941°W / 9.9594423; -84.0164941
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceSan José
CantonGoicoechea
Creation23 July 1991
Area
  Total3.11 km2 (1.20 sq mi)
Elevation
1,242 m (4,075 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total27,464
  Density8,800/km2 (23,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
10807

Purral is a district of the Goicoechea canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

History

Purral was created on 23 July 1991 by Decreto Ejecutivo 20587-G. Segregated from Ipís.[2]

Geography

Purral has an area of 3.11 km2[3] and an elevation of 1,242 metres.[1]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.
200026,767
201127,4642.6%

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

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  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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