Hojancha (canton)

Canton in Guanacaste province, Costa Rica

Canton in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

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Hojancha canton

9°58′31″N 85°24′34″W / 9.9752817°N 85.4095116°W / 9.9752817; -85.4095116Country

Costa RicaProvinceGuanacasteCreation2 November 1971^[1]Head cityHojanchaDistricts

Districts

Hojancha
Monte Romo
Puerto Carrillo
Huacas
Matambú

Government

• TypeMunicipality • BodyMunicipalidad de HojanchaArea

• Total261.42 km² (100.93 sq mi)Elevation

389 m (1,276 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total7,197 • Density28/km² (71/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Canton code511Websitewww.munihojancha.com

Hojancha is a canton in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.^[2]^[3] The head city is in Hojancha district.

History

Hojancha was created on 2 November 1971 by decree 4887.^[1]

On 5 September 2012, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck 12 kilometers northeast of Hojancha, destroying houses in the canton.^[4]^[5]

Geography

Hojancha has an area of 261.42 km²^[6] and a mean elevation of 389 metres.^[2]

The canton is in the midsection of the Nicoya Peninsula. It is relatively compact, with a slim area reaching south to encompass a small portion of the Pacific coastline from Carrillo Beach southward to the mouth of the Ora River.

Districts

The canton of Hojancha is subdivided into the following districts:

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1973	7,899	—
1984	5,879	−25.6%
2000	6,534	11.1%
2011	7,197	10.1%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[7] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[8]

For the 2011 census, Hojancha had a population of 7,197 inhabitants.^[9]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 158
National Route 160
National Route 901
National Route 902

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.
^ "M7.6 - 12km ENE of Hojancha, Costa Rica". United States Geological Survey. September 5, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
^ Mata Blanco, Alonso (September 6, 2012). "Sismo Destruyó Viviendas en Varios Cantones de Guanacaste y Alajuela" [Earthquake Destroyed Homes in Several Cantons of Guanacaste and Alajuela]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved October 3, 2012.
^ "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).
^ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (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.