Laguna District
{{Short description|District in Zarcero canton, Alajuela province, Costa Rica}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Laguna
| settlement_type = District
| pushpin_map = Costa Rica
| pushpin_map_alt = Laguna district location in Costa Rica
| pushpin_map_caption = Laguna district location in Costa Rica
| coordinates = {{coord|10.2182854|-84.451155|display=inline,title}}
| image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|type=shape|title=Laguna district}}
| map_alt = Laguna district
| map_caption = Laguna district
| image_skyline = Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Laguna, Zarcero, CR.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Our Lady of the Rosary Church
| established_title = Creation
| established_date =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{CRI}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Alajuela
| subdivision_type2 = Canton
| subdivision_name2 = Zarcero
| area_total_km2 = 23.36
| elevation_m = 1840
| population_total = 1674
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = UTC−06:00
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 21102
}}
Laguna is a district of the Zarcero canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.{{cite web |lang=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 |lang=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}}
Geography
Laguna has an area of {{convert|23.36|km2|abbr=on}}{{cite web |lang=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 |accessdate=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 an elevation of {{convert|1840|m}}.
Locations
- Poblados (villages): Peña
Demographics
{{CR Census population
|1864=
|1883=
|1892=
|1927=605
|1950=701
|1963=668
|1973=893
|1984=955
|2000=1579
|2011=1674
}}
For the 2011 census, Laguna had a population of {{formatnum:1674}} inhabitants.{{cite web |lang=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}}
Transportation
= Road transportation =
The district is covered by the following road routes:
References
{{Portal|Costa Rica}}
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{{Districts of Alajuela Province}}
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