| Cañas | |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | Canton |
| Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Cañas canton location in Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Cañas canton location in Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 10.4457°N -85.0992°W |
| Map Alt: | Cañas canton |
| Established Title: | Creation |
| Established Date: | 12 July 1878[1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Guanacaste |
| Seat Type: | Head city |
| Seat: | Cañas |
| Government Type: | Municipality |
| Governing Body: | Spanish; Castilian: Municipalidad de Cañas |
| Parts Type: | Districts |
| Parts Style: | list |
| Parts: | Districts |
| P1: | Cañas |
| P2: | Palmira |
| P3: | San Miguel |
| P4: | Bebedero |
| P5: | Porozal |
| Area Total Km2: | 682.2 |
| Elevation M: | 86 |
| Population Total: | 26201 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name: | Canton code |
| Blank Info: | 506 |
Cañas is a canton in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[2] [3] The head city is in Cañas district.
Cañas was created on 12 July 1878 by decree 22.
Cañas has an area of km²[4] and a mean elevation of metres.The elongated canton touches the Tempisque River in the southwest. It keeps the Bebedero River and Tenorio River on its western boundary as it widens to encompass agricultural lowlands before climbing into the Cordillera de Guanacaste up to the Tenorio Volcano.
The canton of Cañas is subdivided into the following districts:
For the 2011 census, Cañas had a population of inhabitants. [5]
The canton is covered by the following road routes: