Cañas Dulces
District
Cañas Dulces district
Cañas Dulces district location in Costa Rica
Cañas Dulces district location in Costa Rica
Cañas Dulces
Cañas Dulces district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°44′46″N 85°27′23″W / 10.7460328°N 85.456516°W / 10.7460328; -85.456516
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceGuanacaste
CantonLiberia
Area
 • Total243.39 km2 (93.97 sq mi)
Elevation
105 m (344 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total3,230
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
50102

Cañas Dulces is a district of the Liberia canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2]

The administrative center of Cañas Dulces District is the village of Cañas Dulces. The district has a population of about 3500 people.[3] Cañas Dulces is near Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park and the Rincón de la Vieja Volcano.[4][5][6][7]

Wildlife

Wildlife in Cañas Dulces includes monkeys such as the mantled howler,[8] as well as the white-headed capuchin and Geoffroy's spider monkey, and birds such as the keel-billed toucan.

Geography

Cañas Dulces has an area of 243.39 km²[9] and an elevation of 105 metres.[1]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1883662—
189279820.5%
19271,29161.8%
19501,71532.8%
19631,98015.5%
19732,1388.0%
19842,2535.4%
20002,63416.9%
20113,23022.6%

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[10]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[11]

For the 2011 census, Cañas Dulces had a population of 3,230 inhabitants. [12]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

References

  1. 1 2 "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. ↑ Estadísticas Vitales 2013 - INEC
  4. ↑ Siebert, L.; Simkin, T.; Kimberly, P. (2010). Volcanoes of the World (3rd ed.). University of California Press. p. 387. ISBN 9780520268777.
  5. ↑ Chavarría-Aguilar, O.L.; Alvaro Induni, G.E. (2005). Costa Rica: Land of Volcanoes (2nd ed.). EUNED. pp. 79–80. ISBN 9789968313667.
  6. ↑ Kelly, S.M., ed. (2005). Fodor's Costa Rica 2006. Random House. p. 165. ISBN 9781400015511.
  7. ↑ Reid, R. (2004). Lonely Planet: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Southern Mexico, Panama (5th ed.). Lonely Planet. p. 596. ISBN 9781741040296.
  8. ↑ Wolfheim, J.H. (1983). Primates Of The World: Distribution, Abundance And Conservation. Psychology Press. p. 222. ISBN 9783718601905.
  9. ↑ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  11. ↑ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
  12. ↑ "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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