Cañas Dulces District

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

Cañas Dulces
District
Cañas Dulces district
Cañas Dulces Cañas Dulces district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.7460328°N 85.456516°W
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Canton	Liberia
Area
• Total	243.39 km^2 (93.97 sq mi)
Elevation	105 m (344 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	3,230
• Density	13/km^2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Postal code	50102

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
Census	Pop.		%±
1883	662		—
1892	798		20.5%
1927	1,291		61.8%
1950	1,715		32.8%
1963	1,980		15.5%
1973	2,138		8.0%
1984	2,253		5.4%
2000	2,634		16.9%
2011	3,230		22.6%
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:

• National Route 1

References

1. "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). 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.