# Matina District

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**Matina** is a [district](/source/Districts_of_Costa_Rica) of the [Matina](/source/Matina_(canton)) canton, in the [Limón](/source/Lim%C3%B3n_Province) province of [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica).[1][2]

## History

In 1747 the main fort (Fuerte de San Fernando de Matina) was captured by British [Baymen](/source/Baymen) and [Miskito Sambus](/source/Miskito_Sambu) from the [Mosquito Coast](/source/Mosquito_Coast) - the [Cacao](/source/Cocoa_bean) rich area was subsequently ravaged.[3] Matina was created on 24 June 1969 by Ley 4344.[2]

## Geography

Matina has an area of 351.75 square kilometres (135.81 sq mi)[4] and an elevation of 11 metres (36 ft).[1]

## Demographics

For the [2011 census](/source/Costa_Rica_2011_Census), Matina had a population of 9142 inhabitants.[5]

## References

1. ["Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP"](http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1&nValor2=88416&nValor3=115607&param2=1&strTipM=TC&lResultado=1&strSim=simp) (in Spanish). *Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica*. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

1. [*División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica*](https://www.imprentanacional.go.cr/editorialdigital/libros/historiaygeografia/division_17.pdf) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.

1. Floyd, Troy S (1967). [*The Anglo-Spanish Struggle for Mosquitia*](https://books.google.com/books?id=pJhnAAAAMAAJ&q=). University of New Mexico Press. pp. 83–85.

1. ["Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200916045223/https://www.inec.cr/anuario-estadistico/anuario-estadistico-geografia) (in Spanish). *Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos*. Archived from [the original](https://www.inec.cr/anuario-estadistico/anuario-estadistico-geografia) on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

1. ["Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito"](https://www.inec.cr/censos/censos-2011) (in Spanish). *Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos*. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

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