Matambú is a district of the Hojancha canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2]
Matambú | |
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 Matambú district | |
  Matambú Matambú district location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 10°05′10″N 85°25′05″W / 10.08605°N 85.4179269°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | Guanacaste |
| Canton | Hojancha |
| Creation | 25 July 2017 |
| Elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Postal code | 51105 |
It is the only chorotega indigenous territory[3][4]
History edit
Geography edit
Matambú has an elevation of 300 metres.[1]
Demographics edit
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[7] |
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For the 2011 census, Matambú had not been created, therefore no census data is available as its inhabitants were part of other districts. [9]
Transportation edit
Road transportation edit
The district is covered by the following road routes:
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Vaage, Kari (2011). Indigenous peoples in Costa Rica and El Diquis hydroelectric project: indigenous identity, consultation and representation (PDF). Norwegian University of life sciences.
- ^ "Territorios Indígenas" (PDF). Instituto nacionale de estadistica y census. 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Creación del Distrito N° 5 del cantón de Hojancha Matambú". Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Territorio indígena de Matambú será el quinto distrito de Hojancha". Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
- ^ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (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.
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