Cañas Dulces District
Cañas Dulces | |
|---|---|
 Cañas Dulces district | |
  Cañas Dulces Cañas Dulces district location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 10°44′46″N 85°27′23″W / 10.7460328°N 85.456516°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | Guanacaste |
| Canton | Liberia |
| Area | |
• Total | 243.39 km2 (93.97 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 3,230 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−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
[edit]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
[edit]Cañas Dulces has an area of 243.39 km²[9] and an elevation of 105 metres.[1]
Demographics
[edit]| Census | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1883 | 662 | — |
| 1892 | 798 | +2.10% |
| 1927 | 1,291 | +1.38% |
| 1950 | 1,715 | +1.24% |
| 1963 | 1,980 | +1.11% |
| 1973 | 2,138 | +0.77% |
| 1984 | 2,253 | +0.48% |
| 2000 | 2,634 | +0.98% |
| 2011 | 3,230 | +1.87% |
| 2022 | 4,487 | +3.03% |
| Source: 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
[edit]Road transportation
[edit]The district is covered by the following road routes:
References
[edit]- ^ a b "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Estadísticas Vitales 2013 - INEC
- ^ Siebert, L.; Simkin, T.; Kimberly, P. (2010). Volcanoes of the World (3rd ed.). University of California Press. p. 387. ISBN 9780520268777.
- ^ Chavarría-Aguilar, O.L.; Alvaro Induni, G.E. (2005). Costa Rica: Land of Volcanoes (2nd ed.). EUNED. pp. 79–80. ISBN 9789968313667.
- ^ Kelly, S.M., ed. (2005). Fodor's Costa Rica 2006. Random House. p. 165. ISBN 9781400015511.
- ^ Reid, R. (2004). Lonely Planet: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Southern Mexico, Panama (5th ed.). Lonely Planet. p. 596. ISBN 9781741040296.
- ^ Wolfheim, J.H. (1983). Primates Of The World: Distribution, Abundance And Conservation. Psychology Press. p. 222. ISBN 9783718601905.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
- ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
- ^ "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.
 Districts of Guanacaste Province | |
|---|---|
| Liberia | |
| Nicoya | |
| Santa Cruz | |
| Bagaces | |
| Carrillo | |
| Cañas | |
| Abangares | |
| Tilarán | |
| Nandayure | |
| La Cruz | |
| Hojancha | |
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