Guápiles, Pococí
Guápiles | |
|---|---|
Guápiles district | |
Guápiles Guápiles district location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 10°12′25″N 83°51′29″W / 10.2070395°N 83.8580852°W | |
| Country | Costa Rica |
| Province | Limón |
| Canton | Pococí |
| Creation | 19 September 1911 |
| Area | |
• Total | 222.63 km2 (85.96 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 262 m (860 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 36,469 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Postal code | 70201 |
Guápiles is a district of the Pococí canton, in the Limón province of Costa Rica.[1][2]
Toponymy
The origin of the name of Guápiles seems to come from the two rivers that run to both sides of the population, since they are said that they are "Guapes" (Twins). Whereas Pococí, name of the canton, corresponds to the name of the native cacique that inhabited this place to the arrival of the Spaniards. Other caciques that inhabited the region were Camaquiri and Cocorí mentioned in historical primers and national Literature.
History
Guápiles was created on 19 September 1911 by Ley 12.[2]
Geography
Guápiles has an area of 222.63 square kilometres or 85.96 square miles[3] and an elevation of 262 metres or 860 feet.[1]
Guápiles is settled to an altitude of 268 metres or 879 feet[4] and is considered the main door of entrance to the Costa Rican Caribbean.
The main city is Guápiles, one of the country's major settlements outside of the Central Valley. It lies 64 kilometres or 40 miles to the northeast of San Jose on route 32. The coastal city of Limón lies 99 kilometres or 62 miles to the east.
The population centers of the district are:
City
- Guápiles
Neighborhoods (Barrios)
- Cecilia
- Coopevigua (1,2,3)
- Diamantes
- Emilia
- Floresta
- Garabito
- Palmera
- Los Sauces
- Toro Amarillo
- La Urba
Villages (Poblados)
- Blanco
- Calle Ángeles
- Calle Gobierno
- Corinto
- Flores
- Marina
- Prado (part)
- Rancho Redondo
- San Rafael
Climate
Guápiles has a very wet tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). There is a drying trend from January to April, but even in these months rainfall ranges from 215 to 275 millimetres (8.5 to 10.8 in), while for the remainder of the year it constantly exceeds 430 millimetres or 17 inches per month.
| Climate data for Guápiles, Pococí | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.5 (81.5) |
27.8 (82.0) |
28.5 (83.3) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.4 (84.9) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.8 (82.0) |
28.7 (83.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.6 (65.5) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
20.1 (68.2) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
20.2 (68.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 276.1 (10.87) |
238.5 (9.39) |
215.4 (8.48) |
241.5 (9.51) |
430.4 (16.94) |
443.7 (17.47) |
509.8 (20.07) |
474.6 (18.69) |
375.8 (14.80) |
448.6 (17.66) |
470.9 (18.54) |
451.9 (17.79) |
4,577.2 (180.21) |
| Average rainy days | 20.6 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.6 | 22.3 | 23.4 | 25.4 | 25.4 | 22.9 | 23.2 | 22.5 | 21.9 | 260 |
| Source: World Meteorological Organization (temperature 1971–1998, precipitation 1964–1998)[5] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 1,236 | — |
| 1950 | 4,636 | +5.92% |
| 1963 | 7,616 | +3.89% |
| 1973 | 7,297 | −0.43% |
| 1984 | 11,216 | +3.99% |
| 2000 | 27,368 | +5.73% |
| 2011 | 36,469 | +2.64% |
| 2022 | 31,998 | −1.18% |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[6] Centro Centroamericano de Población[7] | ||
For the 2011 census, Guápiles had a population of 36,469 inhabitants.[8]
Economic activity
At present (as in the rest of the Caribbean zone), the main economic activities are agricultural: banana and pineapple, sowing of basic grains and livestock activity.
There are regions of great tourist interest for the beauty of the landscape.
Transportation
Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
References
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Rural Territorial Development Plan of Pococí" (PDF). INDER. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
- ^ "World Weather Information Service". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
- ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (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.