Cañas Dulces District Explained

Cañas Dulces
Settlement Type:District
Pushpin Map:Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Alt:Cañas Dulces district location in Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Caption:Cañas Dulces district location in Costa Rica
Coordinates:10.746°N -85.4565°W
Map Alt:Cañas Dulces district
Established Title:Creation
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Guanacaste
Subdivision Type2:Canton
Subdivision Name2:Liberia
Area Total Km2:243.39
Elevation M:105
Population Total:3230
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code
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 km²[9] and an elevation of metres.

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Cañas Dulces had a population of inhabitants. [10]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: es . Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP . Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica . 26 September 2020 . 19 March 2019.
  2. Book: es . División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica. 8 March 2017. Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 978-9977-58-477-5.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103951/http://www.inec.go.cr/A/MT/Poblaci%C3%B3n%20y%20Demograf%C3%ADa/Nacimientos/Publicaciones/C0/01-%202013/Publicaciones%20de%20Estad%C3%ADsticas%20Vitales.pdf Estadísticas Vitales 2013
  4. Book: Volcanoes of the World. Siebert, L. . Simkin, T. . Kimberly, P. . 387. 2010. 3rd. University of California Press. 9780520268777.
  5. Book: Costa Rica: Land of Volcanoes. Chavarría-Aguilar, O.L. . Alvaro Induni, G.E.. 79–80. 2005. 2nd. EUNED. 9789968313667.
  6. Book: Fodor's Costa Rica 2006. Kelly, S.M.. 165. 2005. Random House. 9781400015511.
  7. Book: Lonely Planet: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Southern Mexico, Panama. Reid, R.. 596. 5th. 2004. Lonely Planet. 9781741040296.
  8. Book: Primates Of The World: Distribution, Abundance And Conservation. Wolfheim, J.H.. 222. 1983. Psychology Press. 9783718601905.
  9. Web site: es . Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo . Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos . 26 September 2020 . 24 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201024225203/https://www.inec.cr/anuario-estadistico/anuario-estadistico-geografia . dead .
  10. Web site: es . Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito . Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos . 26 September 2020.