Sámara
Sámara | |
|---|---|
Sámara district | |
Sámara Sámara district location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 9°54′42″N 85°32′59″W / 9.9116035°N 85.5497267°W | |
| Country | Costa Rica |
| Province | Guanacaste |
| Canton | Nicoya |
| Creation | 26 November 1971 |
| Area | |
• Total | 109.19 km2 (42.16 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 3,512 |
| • Density | 32/km2 (83/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Postal code | 50205 |
Sámara is a district of the Nicoya canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2]
History
Sámara was established on 26 November 1971 by Decreto Ejecutivo 2075-G. Segregated from Nicoya.[2]
Geography
Sámara has an area of 109.19 km2[3] and an elevation of 3 metres.[1]
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 2,317 | — |
| 1984 | 1,979 | −1.42% |
| 2000 | 2,603 | +1.73% |
| 2011 | 3,512 | +2.76% |
| 2022 | 3,536 | +0.06% |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5] | ||
For the 2011 census, Sámara had a population of 3,512 inhabitants.[6]
Villages
The administrative center of the district is the town of Sámara.
Other villages in the district are Bajo Escondido, Barco Quebrado, Buenavista, Buenos Aires, Cambutes, Cangrejal, Cantarrana, Chinampas, Esterones, Galilea, Palmar, Panamá, Playa Buena Vista, Primavera, Pueblo Nuevo, Samaria, Santo Domingo, Taranta, Terciopelo and Torito.
Transportation
Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
Sámara is located approximately 35 km from Nicoya, the economic and administrative hub of the region.
The paving of the final 35 km of the drive, Route 150 from Nicoya to Sámara on through to Carrillo was completed in early 2006.
The small Carrillo Airport is about 5 km east of Sámara.
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. 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). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "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.