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7-419: La Virgen has an area of 513.82 km² and an elevation of 187 metres. It presents a mountainous territory in its south end whereas in north direction the land goes down and ends in the plains of Sarapiquí. It is located in the northern region of the country and borders the districts of Cureña to the north, Varablanca de Heredia to the south, Puerto Viejo and Horquetas to the east. While to the west it borders with

14-558: A population estimated before the census at about 4,650,000 individuals (the census itself counted 4,301,712 people). The census questionnaire inquired about housing, including the physical and structural characteristics of the house, whether it was owned or rented, and if basic services (water, electricity) were present. The census form also asked about equipment in the house: telephone (mobile and fixed), vehicles, and information technology and communication (radio, television, cable or satellite, computer and internet). Questions concerning

21-723: Is covered by the following road routes: This Costa Rican location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Costa Rica 2011 Census The 2011 Costa Rican census was undertaken by the National Institute of Statistics and Census ( Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC)) in Costa Rica . The semi-autonomous government body, INEC, was created by Census Law No. 7839 on 4 November 1998. The census took place between Monday, 30 May 2011 and Friday, 3 June 2011 when 35,000 enumerators, mostly teachers, visited an estimated 1,300,000 households to count

28-500: Is voluntary so residents can refuse to take part and enumerators will accept this response. Primary school teachers have conducted the census since the 1950s. About 35,000 were needed in 2011 but not all teachers wanted to participate. The numbers were made up by students and statistics undergraduates from the University of Costa Rica , earning ₡50,000 ($ 100) for a week's work. The census cost $ 3.6 million and preliminary results of

35-532: The district are: The extensive export-oriented pineapple is one of the foundations of the local economy. The Virgin, its head, has health services, education, lodging and entertainment in recreational areas. Tourism has an important presence in which the activities of wildlife observation and rafting tours in the Sarapiquí River stand out. As for the trade, it emphasizes the sale of fast foods, groceries, shoes, clothes, appliances and souvenirs. The district

42-484: The inhabitants asked about the number of people living in the household , number of households per housing unit, who was the head of the household, family relations between people living in the house, sex, age, and place of birth. Other questions inquired about disabilities and ethnic identification, among other things. In Costa Rica, tourists and temporary visitors are not counted, but foreigners who have lived there for six months are included. Furthermore, participation

49-413: The province of Alajuela. Its head, the town of La Virgen, is located 16.4 km (18 minutes) to the south of Puerto Viejo and 78.6 km (2 hours 9 minutes) to the N of San José, the nation's capital. For the 2011 census , La Virgen had a population of 10,521 inhabitants. In this case, it is the third most populated area of the canton, behind Puerto Viejo y de Horquetas . The 31 population centers in

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