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Palmares de Alajuela

District in Palmares canton, Alajuela province, Costa Rica

District in Alajuela, Costa Rica

10°03′19″N 84°25′58″W / 10.055229°N 84.4326974°W / 10.055229; -84.4326974Country

Costa RicaProvinceAlajuelaCantonPalmaresArea

• Total1.14 km² (0.44 sq mi)Elevation

1,017 m (3,337 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total3,599 • Density3,200/km² (8,200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Postal code

20701

Palmares is a district of the Palmares canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica.^[1]^[2]

Geography

Palmares has an area of 1.14 km²^[3] and an elevation of 1,017 metres.^[1] It is in the Central Valley (Valle Central), 6 kilometers southeast of the city of San Ramón, 38 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital city of Alajuela, and 56 kilometers from the national capital city of San Jose.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1883	2,142	—
1892	741	−65.4%
1927	1,364	84.1%
1950	1,643	20.5%
1963	2,348	42.9%
1973	3,083	31.3%
1984	3,766	22.2%
2000	4,105	9.0%
2011	3,599	−12.3%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[5]

For the 2011 census, Palmares had a population of 3,599 inhabitants. ^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 135
National Route 148

Culture

Fiestas de Palmares

During January the city hosts their 'Fiestas', a large fair organized by a local committee which have become along with Zapote in December, and Liberia in July, one of the largest fairs in the country. This fair lasts for two weeks, with two days of special note: the 'Tope' (a massive horseback riding parade through town) and the 'Carnaval' (carnival); it is said that during these days you can find over 500,000 people in Palmares. It ranks 2nd in most beer consumed in a yearly festival (after Oktoberfest)^{[citation needed]}^{[dubious – discuss]}

References

^ ^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.
^ 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). Retrieved 26 September 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.