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Buenavista
District
Buenavista district location in Costa Rica
Buenavista district location in Costa Rica
Buenavista
Location in Costa Rica
Country  Costa Rica
Province Alajuela
Canton San Carlos
Area
 • Total 25.98 km2 (10.03 sq mi)
Elevation
865 m (2,838 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total 325
 • Density 12.510/km2 (32.40/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−06:00
Postal code
21003

Buenavista is a district of the San Carlos canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.

Geography

Buenavista has an area of 25.98 km2 which makes it the smallest district in the canton by area, and an elevation of 865 metres with a range between 500 and 900 meters above sea level.

It is located in the northern region of the country and borders with 2 districts; Florencia to the N / NO, Quesada to the N / NE. While to the south it borders with the canton of Zarcero.

Its head, the town of Buenavista, is located 13.3 km (35 minutes) to the NW of Ciudad Quesada and 94.9 km (2 hours 37 minutes) to the NW of San Jose, the nation's capital.

The grounds of Buenavista are distinguished by being very broken, with a type of steep soil and steep slopes.

Economy

This is a special place for dairy farming.

It also has a health post and a school and only a grocery store.

It has very little infrastructure, the majority are houses of room.

Through the installation of a hydroelectric project, the community managed to increase its economic and communal development.

Thanks to the construction of the new San Carlos-San Ramón highway, Buena Vista will become a more crowded region.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1927 641
1950 725 13.1%
1963 351 −51.6%
1973 255 −27.4%
1984 289 13.3%
2000 352 21.8%
2011 325 −7.7%

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos
Centro Centroamericano de Población

For the 2011 census, Buenavista had a population of 325 inhabitants. Buenavista is one of the districts with the lowest number of inhabitants of the country, it has about 325 inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

  • CR RNS 141.svg National Route 141

See also

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