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La Garita
District
La Garita district location in Costa Rica
La Garita district location in Costa Rica
La Garita
Location in Costa Rica
Country  Costa Rica
Province Guanacaste
Canton La Cruz
Area
 • Total 273.37 km2 (105.55 sq mi)
Elevation
300 m (1,000 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total 1,688
 • Density 6.1748/km2 (15.993/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−06:00
Postal code
51003

La Garita is a district of the La Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. It is located in the north of the country, near the Nicaraguan border.

Geography

La Garita has an area of 273.37 km2 and an elevation of 300 metres.

Villages

Administrative center of the district is the village of Garita.

Other villages in the district are Agua Muerta, Andes, Asilo, Cañita, Carmen, Fortuna, Guapinol, Innocentes, Lavaderos, Pochote, San Antonio and Tapezco.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1973 1,279
1984 1,341 4.8%
2000 1,581 17.9%
2011 1,688 6.8%

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos
Centro Centroamericano de Población

For the 2011 census, La Garita had a population of 1,688 inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

  • CR RNP 4.svg National Route 4
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