Sixaola is a district of the Talamanca canton, in the Limón province of Costa Rica . It is a border town together with Guabito , Panamá Sixaola is right across the Sixaola River from Guabito , Panama .
7-502: Sixaola was created on 19 February 1970 by Decreto Ejecutivo 13. Sixaola has an area of 169.32 km and an elevation of 10 metres. For the 2011 census , Sixaola had a population of 8,861 inhabitants. The surrounding area is home to the Bribri Indians . The district is covered by the following road routes: Route 36 goes onward to Panamá, where it becomes Panama Route 1001. Tourists pass through Sixaola and Guabito along
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
21-615: A road connecting destinations in Limón Province , Costa Rica and Bocas del Toro Province , Panama. The road is an old elevated railroad grade. A former railroad bridge crosses the Rio Sixaola at the border. Costa Rican customs is located at the west end of the bridge just down some stairs from the elevated railroad grade. When crossing the border in either direction, tourists must clear both Costa Rican and Panamanian customs. Entry and exit visas are required. Panamanian customs
28-418: Is located alongside the elevated railroad grade right at the east end of the bridge. The border towns have no accommodations, restaurants, or services. In Costa Rica, Puerto Viejo offers the closest accommodations, restaurants, and services to the border. In Panama, Changuinola offers accommodations, restaurants, and services about 10 km (6 mi) from the border. Buses and taxis wait on both sides of
35-506: 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
42-708: The border. 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
49-484: 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
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