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Corralillo District

district in Cartago canton, Cartago province, Costa Rica

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ3694374 ↗
Source-derived summary

Corralillo is a district of the Cartago canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.

Geography

Corralillo has an area of 32.57 km2 (12.58 sq mi) and an elevation of 1,665 metres.

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Corralillo had a population of 10,647 inhabitants.

Editorial summary

“Corralillo District” enters the record as district in Cartago canton, Cartago province, Costa Rica. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Corralillo, District and district can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Corralillo, District and district.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Corralillo District” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Corralillo, District and district provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3694374. Authority coordinates are 9.790, -84.050. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Corralillo District”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Corralillo District primary sources, Corralillo District archive and Corralillo research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Corralillo District”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Corralillo District” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.