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Diriá, Costa Rica

district in Santa Cruz canton, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ3709159 ↗
Source-derived summary

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

History

Diriá was established on 3 September 1976 by Decreto Ejecutivo 6369-G. It was segregated from Bolsón.

Geography

Diriá has an area of 66.26 km2 (25.58 sq mi) and an elevation of 40 metres.

Villages

The administrative center of the district is the village of Santa Bárbara.

Other villages in the district are Calle Vieja, Coyolar, Diría, Guaitil, Polvazal, Sequeira, Talolinguita, and Trompillal.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Diriá had a population of 3,905 inhabitants.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Diriá, Costa Rica” as district in Santa Cruz canton, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Diriá, Costa and Rica.

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—1976, 2011—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1976-09-03. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Diriá, Costa and Rica providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Diriá, Costa Rica”, the useful work is to connect “district in Santa Cruz canton, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3709159. Authority coordinates are 10.284, -85.520. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1976 and 2011.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. 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 “Diriá, Costa Rica”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Diriá, Costa Rica primary sources, Diriá, Costa Rica archive and Diriá 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 “Diriá, Costa Rica”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Diriá, Costa Rica” 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.