Cureña, Sarapiquí

Cureña
Cureña
	District
	Cureña
	Coordinates: 10°37′10″N 84°05′07″W
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Heredia
Canton	Sarapiquí
Area
• Total	367.51 km2 (141.90 sq mi)
Elevation	30 m (100 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	951
• Density	2.6/km2 (6.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
ZIP codes	21005

Cureña is the name of the district number 5 of the Canton of Sarapiquí, which in turn belongs to the province of Heredia in Costa Rica.

Location

It is located in the northern region of the country and borders the districts of La Virgen to the south, Puerto Viejo to the east, the province of Alajuela to the west and Nicaragua to the north.

Geography

Cureña has an area of 367.51 km², which makes it the fourth district of the canton by area.

It presents a plain territory by dominated by the plains of Sarapiquí.

Demography

The district has 951 inhabitants, in order to make it the least populated of the canton.[1]

The 12 population centers of the district are:

Golfito (head of the district)
Caño Tambor
Copalchí
Cureñita
Paloseco
Remolinito
Tambor
Tierrabuena
Trinidad (Boca Sarapiquí)
Unión del Toro
Vuelta Cabo de Hornos
Los Angeles del Río

Economy

As in its neighboring district of Llanuras del Gaspar, agriculture (banana, pineapple, yucca and banana) is the base of the local economy.

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References

"2011 Census Population Report" (PDF). INEC. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-08-11.

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[GR2-1] "2011 Census Population Report" (PDF). INEC. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-08-11.