Los Chiles (canton)

Canton in Alajuela province, Costa Rica

Canton in Alajuela, Costa Rica

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Los Chiles canton

10°51′33″N 84°40′25″W / 10.8591282°N 84.673707°W / 10.8591282; -84.673707Country

Costa RicaProvinceAlajuelaCreation17 March 1970^[1]Head cityLos ChilesDistricts

Districts

Los Chiles
Caño Negro
El Amparo
San Jorge

Government

• TypeMunicipality • BodyMunicipalidad de Los ChilesArea

• Total1,358.86 km² (524.66 sq mi)Elevation

47 m (154 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total23,735 • Density17/km² (45/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Canton code214Website{{URL|example.com|optional display text}}

Los Chiles is a canton in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.^[2]^[3]

Toponymy

Los Chiles translates and refers to bell peppers.

History

Los Chiles was created on 17 March 1970 by decree 4541.^[1]

Geography

Los Chiles has an area of 1,358.86 km²^[4] and a mean elevation of 47 metres.^[2]

The canton lies along the border of Nicaragua at the top of the Llanura de San Carlos (San Carlos Plains) in north central Costa Rica. The Pocosol River forms the southeastern boundary of the canton, with (from north to south) the Rita, Mónico, Frío and the Purgatorio rivers establishing the southwestern border.

Districts

The canton of Los Chiles is subdivided into the following districts:

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1973	5,596	—
1984	11,404	103.8%
2000	19,732	73.0%
2011	23,735	20.3%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

For the 2011 census, Los Chiles had a population of 23,735 inhabitants. ^[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 35
National Route 138
National Route 139
National Route 733
National Route 760
National Route 761

Economy

This is a low-lying, sparsely settled region primarily devoted to large agricultural enterprises.

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). 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.