Arenal District, Tilarán

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Arenal
District
Arenal district
Arenal Arenal district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°31′28″N 84°51′47″W / 10.5243226°N 84.8630661°W / 10.5243226; -84.8630661
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	Tilarán
Creation	16 April 1979
Area
• Total	73.72 km² (28.46 sq mi)
Elevation	620 m (2,030 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,300
• Density	31/km² (81/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	50807

Arenal is a district of the Tilarán canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.^[1]^[2] The relocated town of Nuevo Arenal is located in this district.

History

Arenal was created on 16 April 1979 by Decreto Ejecutivo 10002-G.^[2]

Arenal has an area of 73.72 km²^[3] and an elevation of 620 metres.^[1]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1984	1,751	—
2000	2,175	+1.36%
2011	2,300	+0.51%
2022	2,346	+0.18%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[5]

For the 2011 census, Arenal had a population of 2,300 inhabitants. ^[6]

The district is covered by the following road routes:

^ ^a ^b "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.
^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
^ "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.

v t e Districts of Guanacaste Province
Liberia	Liberia Cañas Dulces Mayorga Nacascolo Curubandé
Nicoya	Nicoya Mansión San Antonio Quebrada Honda Sámara Nosara Belén de Nosarita
Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz Bolsón Veintisiete de Abril Tempate Cartagena Cuajiniquil Diriá Cabo Velas Tamarindo
Bagaces	Bagaces Fortuna Mogote Río Naranjo
Carrillo	Filadelfia Palmira Sardinal Belén
Cañas	Cañas Palmira San Miguel Bebedero Porozal
Abangares	Las Juntas Sierra San Juan Colorado
Tilarán	Tilarán Quebrada Grande Tronadora Santa Rosa Líbano Tierras Morenas Arenal Cabeceras
Nandayure	Carmona Santa Rita Zapotal San Pablo Porvenir Bejuco
La Cruz	La Cruz Santa Cecilia Garita Santa Elena
Hojancha	Hojancha Monte Romo Puerto Carrillo Huacas Matambú

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