B. Census location

Urban area
5. Zone No. _ _ _ - _
6. Section No. _ _ _
7. AEU (Urban census area) No. _ _ _
8. Block No. _ _ _ - _
9. Front No. _ _

Rural area

1.1. What is a census of population and housing?
This census counts all people, households and housing units in the country, also obtaining information on their main characteristics.

1.2. What is the Purpose of a census of population and housing?
It gives the following data:

It lets us update the statistics so that the country's authorities can take the necessary actions.

1.3. What type of census will be carried out?
It will be a de-facto census. In other words, people will be counted in the place where they spent the night of Saturday, October 21 to Sunday, October 22, 2017. It's like taking a picture of the country at 12 o'clock at night on Saturday, October 21.

1.4. How will the district census be organized?
In the urban area: it will be composed of urban registration zones, sections and areas.
In the rural area: it will be composed of rural registration sections and areas.

Urban Area:
It is the part of a district territory composed by populated areas with a minimum of 100 Housing Units grouped contiguously, which are called "urban population centers".

Rural Area:
It is the part of a district territory composed by populated areas, extending from the suburbs of the urban populated areas to the district limits, which are called "rural populated areas".

Populated Area:
It is the place in a district territory bearing a name and inhabited by several families, a single family or a single person that intend to stay there.
The Housing Units in the populated area may form blocks, streets and squares, as in towns or cities; be semi-dispersed, as in villages, annexes, among others; or totally dispersed, as in the case of agricultural environments.

Depending on the number and distribution of its housing units, a populated area can be urban or rural.

Urban Registration Area - AEU
It is the territorial area assigned to an urban census enumerator, so that on Census Day all the existing people and Housing Units can be registered. It has a maximum of 16 housing units.

Rural Registration Area - AER
It is the territorial area having one or more rural populated areas and assigned to a rural census enumerator to register all the people and housing units existing in it in a period not exceeding fifteen (15) days.

The workload for a rural census enumerator will include the coast and the highlands from 80 to 120 housing units and the rainforest from 60 to 80 Housing Units.