Liberia (canton)

Canton in Guanacaste province, Costa Rica

Canton in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

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Liberia canton

10°41′30″N 85°29′44″W / 10.6916272°N 85.4956835°W / 10.6916272; -85.4956835Country

Costa RicaProvinceGuanacasteCreation7 December 1848^[1]Head cityLiberiaDistricts

Districts

Liberia
Cañas Dulces
Mayorga
Nacascolo
Curubandé

Government

• TypeMunicipality • BodyMunicipalidad de LiberiaArea

• Total1,436.47 km² (554.62 sq mi)Elevation

193 m (633 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total62,987 • Density44/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Canton code501Websitewww.muniliberia.go.cr/muni/

Liberia is a canton in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.^[2]^[3] The head city is in Liberia district.

History

Liberia was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167.^[1]

Geography

Liberia has an area of 1,436.47 km²^[4] and a mean elevation of 193 metres.^[2] 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).

Districts

The canton of Liberia is subdivided into the following districts:

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1864	3,169	—
1883	4,744	49.7%
1892	5,883	24.0%
1927	7,322	24.5%
1950	10,246	39.9%
1963	18,030	76.0%
1973	21,781	20.8%
1984	28,067	28.9%
2000	46,703	66.4%
2011	62,987	34.9%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

For the 2011 census, Liberia had a population of 62,987 inhabitants.^[7] Besides hosting the provincial capital, Liberia Canton is the most populous of Guanacaste's nine cantons.

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 1
National Route 21
National Route 253
National Route 913
National Route 917
National Route 918

Airports

Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport is located in this canton.

References

^ ^a ^b Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN 9977-64-243-5. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ 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.
^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
^ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
^ "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.