Purral
{{Short description|District in Goicoechea canton, San José province, Costa Rica}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Purral
| settlement_type = District
| pushpin_map = Costa Rica
| pushpin_map_alt = Purral district location in Costa Rica
| pushpin_map_caption = Purral district location in Costa Rica
| coordinates = {{coord|9.9594423|-84.0164941|display=inline,title}}
| image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|type=shape|title=Purral district}}
| map_alt = Purral district
| map_caption = Purral district
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| established_title = Creation
| established_date = 23 July 1991
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{CRI}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = San José
| subdivision_type2 = Canton
| subdivision_name2 = Goicoechea
| area_total_km2 = 3.11
| elevation_m = 1242
| population_total = 27464
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = UTC−06:00
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 10807
}}
Purral is a district of the Goicoechea canton, in the San José 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 |access-date=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}}
History
Purral was created on 23 July 1991 by Decreto Ejecutivo 20587-G. Segregated from Ipís.
Geography
Purral has an area of {{formatnum:3.11}} km2{{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 |access-date=26 September 2020}} and an elevation of {{formatnum:1242}} metres.
Demographics
{{CR Census population
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|2000=26767
|2011=27464
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For the 2011 census, Purral had a population of {{formatnum:27464}} 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 |access-date=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 San José Province}}
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