| Liberia | |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | Canton |
| Pushpin Map: | Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Liberia canton location in Costa Rica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Liberia canton location in Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 10.6916°N -85.4957°W |
| Map Alt: | Liberia canton |
| Image Alt: | Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport |
| Established Title: | Creation |
| Established Date: | 7 December 1848[1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Guanacaste |
| Seat Type: | Head city |
| Seat: | Liberia |
| Government Type: | Municipality |
| Governing Body: | Spanish; Castilian: Municipalidad de Liberia |
| Parts Type: | Districts |
| Parts Style: | list |
| Parts: | Districts |
| P1: | Liberia |
| P2: | Cañas Dulces |
| P3: | Mayorga |
| P4: | Nacascolo |
| P5: | Curubandé |
| Area Total Km2: | 1436.47 |
| Elevation M: | 193 |
| Population Total: | 62987 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name: | Canton code |
| Blank Info: | 501 |
Liberia is a canton in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[2] [3] The head city is in Liberia district.
Liberia was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167.
Liberia has an area of km2[4] and a mean elevation of metres.Prominent geologic features of Liberia include Cerro Cacao (Cacao Mountain) and Rincón de la Vieja. The latter is the center of the Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park. The canton also includes the most visited portion of Santa Rosa National Park on its northwest border. The Río Salto delineates the southwestern border as far as the Tempisque River, and the Tempisque forms the border on the southeast as far as the Bahía Naranjo (Orange Bay).
The canton of Liberia is subdivided into the following districts:
For the 2011 census, Liberia had a population of inhabitants.[5] Besides hosting the provincial capital, Liberia Canton is the most populous of Guanacaste's nine cantons.
The canton is covered by the following road routes: