Tronadora

District in Tilarán canton, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica

District in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

10°25′13″N 84°51′09″W / 10.4202973°N 84.8526241°W / 10.4202973; -84.8526241Country

Costa RicaProvinceGuanacasteCantonTilaránArea

• Total142.28 km² (54.93 sq mi)Elevation

600 m (2,000 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total1,795 • Density13/km² (33/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Postal code

50803

Tronadora is a district of the Tilarán canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.^[1]^[2] It is located on the west shore of Lake Arenal. It is connected by road to Tejona and Tilarán along Route 142.^[3] The weather is changeable due to the proximity of the confluence of the Pacific coast weather pattern and the inland lake weather pattern. It is drier and cooler than the Pacific coast due to the elevation of 614 meters (2014 feet).

Geography

Tronadora has an area of 142.28 km²^[4] and an elevation of 600 metres.^[1]

Locations

Poblados: Arenal Viejo, Colonia Menonita, Río Chiquito Abajo, Silencio

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1927	734	—
1950	1,614	+3.49%
1963	2,565	+3.63%
1973	2,623	+0.22%
1984	1,505	−4.92%
2000	1,745	+0.93%
2011	1,795	+0.26%
2022	2,079	+1.34%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

For the 2011 census, Tronadora had a population of 1,795 inhabitants. ^[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 926
National Route 936

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.
^ Baker, C.P. (2005). Costa Rica. Dorling Kindersley Eye Witness Travel Guides. p. 150.
^ "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).
^ 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.