:Coto Brus (canton)

{{Short description|Canton in Puntarenas province, Costa Rica}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Coto Brus

|native_name_lang = es

|settlement_type = Canton

|pushpin_map = Costa Rica

|pushpin_map_alt = Coto Brus canton location in Costa Rica

|pushpin_map_caption = Coto Brus canton location in Costa Rica

|coordinates = {{coord|8.8889753|-82.9092434|type:adm2nd_region:CR|display=inline,title}}

|image_flag = Bandera de Coto Brus.svg

|image_seal = Escudo del Cantón de Coto Brus.svg

|image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|type=shape|title=Coto Brus canton}}

|map_alt = Coto Brus canton

|map_caption = Coto Brus canton

|image_skyline = San Vito Costa Rica.JPG

|image_alt = The surrounding topography of San Vito

|image_caption = The surrounding topography of San Vito

|established_title = Creation

|established_date = 10 December 1965{{cite book |last1=Hernández |first1=Hermógenes |title=Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 |date=1985 |publisher=Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia |location=San José |isbn=9977-64-243-5 |pages=164–173 |edition=1 |url=https://ccp.ucr.ac.cr/bvp/mapoteca/CostaRica/generales/atlas_censal/ |access-date=5 October 2020 |language=es}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{CRI}}

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Puntarenas

|seat_type = Head city

|seat = San Vito

|government_type = Municipality

|governing_body = {{lang|es|Municipalidad de Coto Brus}}

|parts_type = Districts

|parts_style = list

|parts = Districts

|p1 = San Vito

|p2 = Sabalito

|p3 = Aguabuena

|p4 = Limoncito

|p5 = Pittier

|p6 = Gutiérrez Braun

|area_total_km2 = 933.91

|elevation_m = 955

|population_total = 38453

|population_as_of = 2011

|population_density_km2 = auto

|timezone1 = UTC−06:00

|blank_name = Canton code

|blank_info = 608

|website = {{URL|http://www.municotobrus.go.cr}}

}}

Coto Brus is a canton in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica.{{cite web |language=es |title=Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP |url=http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1&nValor2=88416&nValor3=115607¶m2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=1&strSim=simp |website=Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica |access-date=26 September 2020 |date=19 March 2019}}{{cite book |language=es |title=División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica|date=8 March 2017|publisher=Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional|isbn=978-9977-58-477-5|url=https://www.imprentanacional.go.cr/editorialdigital/libros/historiaygeografia/division_17.pdf}} The head city is in San Vito district.

History

Coto Brus was created on 10 December 1965 by decree 3598.

Geography

Coto Brus has an area of {{formatnum:933.91}} km2{{cite web |language=es |title=Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo |url=https://www.inec.cr/anuario-estadistico/anuario-estadistico-geografia |website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos |access-date=26 September 2020 |archive-date=24 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024225203/https://www.inec.cr/anuario-estadistico/anuario-estadistico-geografia |url-status=dead }} and a mean elevation of {{formatnum:955}} metres.

The upland canton shares its eastern border with Panama. The northern limit is high in the Cordillera de Talamanca, and the southwestern boundary runs through the Fila Zapote, one of many small coastal mountain ranges inland from Costa Rica's Pacific coast.

Districts

The canton of Coto Brus is subdivided into the following districts:

  1. San Vito
  2. Sabalito
  3. Aguabuena
  4. Limoncito
  5. Pittier
  6. Gutiérrez Braun

Demographics

{{CR Census population

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|1927=

|1950=

|1963=

|1973=19971

|1984=31650

|2000=40082

|2011=38453

}}

For the 2011 census, Coto Brus had a population of {{formatnum:38453}} inhabitants.{{cite web |language=es |title=Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito |url=https://www.inec.cr/censos/censos-2011 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos |access-date=26 September 2020}}

Transportation

= Road transportation =

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

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== References ==

{{Portal|Costa Rica}}

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{{Provinces of Costa Rica}}

Category:Cantons of Puntarenas Province

Category:Populated places in Puntarenas Province

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