| Curubandé | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Curubandé district location in Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Curubandé district location in Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 10.7364°N -85.4331°W |
| Map Alt: | Curubandé district |
| Established Title: | Creation |
| Established Date: | 26 November 1971 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Guanacaste |
| Subdivision Type2: | Canton |
| Subdivision Name2: | Liberia |
| Area Total Km2: | 81.14 |
| Elevation M: | 322 |
| Population Total: | 2527 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 50105 |
Curubandé is a district of the Liberia canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1] [2]
Curubandé was created on 26 November 1971 by Decreto Ejecutivo 2077-G. Segregated from Liberia.
Curubandé has an area of km2[3] and an elevation of metres.
Administrative center of the district is Cereceda. Other villages are Colorado and Curubandé.
For the 2011 census, Curubandé had a population of inhabitants. [4]
The district is covered by the following road routes:
In recent years, Curubandé has become a center of tourism within Costa Rica. This is due in large part to the nearby Rincon de la Vieja National Park.
Curubandé is also the site of Las Pailas Geothermal Central, a large geothermal power plant that is being built to provide a large portion of Costa Rica's electric energy needs.