Cartagena District

Cartagena is a district of the Santa Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.

History
Cartagena was created on 2 October 1964 by Acuerdo Ejecutivo 405. Segregated from Tempate.

Geography
Cartagena has an area of 82.56 km² and an elevation of 63 metres.

Villages
Administrative center of the district is the village of Cartagena.

Other villages in the district are Corocitos and Lorena.

Demographics
For the 2011 census, Cartagena had a population of 3,824 inhabitants.

Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
 * CR RNS 155.svg National Route 155
 * CR RNT 910.svg National Route 910