Sixaola

Sixaola
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Sixaola district
Sixaola district location in Costa Rica
Sixaola district location in Costa Rica
Sixaola
Sixaola district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9°33′28″N 82°40′11″W / 9.5578991°N 82.6697806°W / 9.5578991; -82.6697806
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceLimón
CantonTalamanca
Creation19 February 1970
Government
 • SyndicRuperto Rojas Torres (PLN)
 • Substitutle syndicSandra Yenory Vargas Badilla
Area
 • Total169.32 km2 (65.37 sq mi)
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total8,861
 • Density52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
70402

Sixaola is a district of the Talamanca canton, in the Limón province of Costa Rica. It is a border town together with Guabito, Panamá[1][2] Sixaola is right across the Sixaola River from Guabito, Panama.[3][4]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Costa Rica 2008, New York: Fodor's Travel, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4000-1803-1
  4. ^ Moon Panama (2nd ed.), Berkeley, CA: Avalon Travel, Nov 2008, ISBN 978-1-59880-085-2