District in Paraíso canton, Cartago province, Costa Rica
District in Cartago, Costa Rica
Paraíso (Spanish pronunciation:
[paɾaˈiso]) is a
district of the
Paraíso canton, in the
Cartago province of
Costa Rica.
[1]
[2]
History
It was established in 1823.
[3]
Geography
Paraíso has an area of 19.5 km²
[4] and an elevation of 1,325 metres.
[1] It is located 8 km southeast of
Cartago.
Demographics
Historical population
|
Census |
Pop. |
|
%±
|
1864 | 1,882 | | — |
1883 | 1,904 | | 1.2% |
1892 | 1,899 | | −0.3% |
1927 | 3,048 | | 60.5% |
1950 | 4,013 | | 31.7% |
1963 | 7,225 | | 80.0% |
1973 | 10,211 | | 41.3% |
1984 | 14,880 | | 45.7% |
2000 | 33,398 | | 124.4% |
2011 | 20,601 | | −38.3% |
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos
[5]
Centro Centroamericano de Población
[6]
|
As of the
2011 census, Paraíso has a population of 20,601 inhabitants.
[7]
Transportation
Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
Points of interest
- Farmer's Market in the center of town
- Finca la Flor de Paraiso (a
non-profit organic farm)
Sister cities
Paraíso has one
sister city:
[8]
References
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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.
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^
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.
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^ Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer, 1952 Edition, p. 1428
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"Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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"Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
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"Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
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"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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^ "
Online Directory: Florida, USA." Retrieved on June 20, 2007.
Archived March 11, 2007, at the
Wayback Machine