Birrisito

{{Short description|District in Paraíso canton, Cartago province, Costa Rica}}

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| established_date = 18 August 2021

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| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Cartago

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| subdivision_name2 = Paraíso

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| elevation_m = 1325

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Birrisito is a district of the Paraíso canton, in the Cartago 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 |accessdate=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}}

History

The district was proposed on 13 July 2020 by the deputy Paola Valladares (PLN-Cartago) under the file 22076 of the Legislative Assembly, which was approved in a second debate on 12 July 2021 and eventually created under Law No.° 10004, signed on 28 July 2021 and published in La Gaceta No.° 158 of 18 August 2021.{{cite journal|title=La Gaceta N° 158|journal=La Gaceta|date=18 August 2021|number=158|page=2|url=https://www.imprentanacional.go.cr/pub/2021/08/18/COMP_18_08_2021.pdf|accessdate=30 December 2021|language=es}}

Due to the general elections of 2022, the district would be incorporated until the after that event.

It was segregated from Paraíso, the first district of the canton.

Geography

Birrisito has an area of {{formatnum:7.5}} km² and an elevation of {{formatnum:1325}} metres.

It is located 8 km southeast of Cartago.

Demographics

As of the 2011 census, the district hasn't been created and its population was part of Paraíso district.{{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 |accessdate=26 September 2020}}

Locations

Head town: Birrisito.
Hamlets: La Huerta, El Alto Jesús de la Misericordia (Alto Birrisito), El Carmen neighborhood, el Chiral.

Economy

= Agriculture =

There are crops of tomato, sweet chili, cucumber, beans, corn, vegetables, sweet potatoes, chayote and also coffee.{{cite news|last=Fernández|first=Karen|title=Danny Fonseca destaca los atributos de Birrisito, el nuevo distrito paraiseño|url=https://www.lateja.cr/nacional/danny-fonseca-destaca-los-atributos-de-birrisito/46OQY7GMEVE6VBOKYKRFFILN6I/story/|accessdate=30 December 2021|work=La Teja|date=10 August 2021|language=es}}

= Tourism =

There is rural tourism potential.

Transportation

= Road transportation =

The district is covered by the following road routes:

References

Category:Districts of Cartago Province

Category:Populated places in Cartago Province

Category:Populated places established in 2021