Damas
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Damas district
Damas district location in Costa Rica
Damas district location in Costa Rica
Damas
Damas district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°53′20″N 84°02′43″W / 9.8888666°N 84.0453729°W / 9.8888666; -84.0453729
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceSan José
CantonDesamparados
Creation8 October 1968
Area
 • Total2.57 km2 (0.99 sq mi)
Elevation
1,180 m (3,870 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total13,175
 • Density5,100/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
10310

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

History

Damas was created on 8 October 1968 by Ley 33. Segregated from Patarrá.[2]

Geography

Damas has an area of 2.57 km2[3] and an elevation of 1,180 metres.[1]

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
19734,376—
19847,35168.0%
200012,99376.8%
201113,1751.4%

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

For the 2011 census, Damas had a population of 13,175 inhabitants. [6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b 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). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. 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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