Cañas_District
Cañas District
District in Cañas canton, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica
Cañas is a district of the Cañas canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.[1][2]
Cañas | |
|---|---|
Cañas district | |
| Coordinates: 10.4447767°N 85.1039836°W / 10.4447767; -85.1039836 | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | Guanacaste |
| Canton | Cañas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 193.83 km2 (74.84 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 86 m (282 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 20,816 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Postal code | 50601 |
Cañas has an area of 193.83 km2[3] and an elevation of 86 metres.[1]
Administrative center of the district is the town of Cañas.
Other villages in the district are Albania, Ángeles, Cantarrana, Castillo, Cueva, Miravalles, San Cristóbal, San Martín, San Pedro, Unión. And their villages are Cedros, Cepo Concepción, Corobicí, Correntadas, Hotel, Jabilla Abajo, Jabilla Arriba, Libertad, Montes de Oro, Paso Lajas, Pueblo Nuevo, Sandillal, San Isidro (partly), Santa Lucía (partly) and Vergel.
| Climate data for Cañas, Costa Rica | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.8 (89.2) |
32.7 (90.9) |
33.8 (92.8) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.3 (90.1) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.5 (88.7) |
32.4 (90.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.1 (80.8) |
27.8 (82.0) |
28.5 (83.3) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.7 (81.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.2 (73.8) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.7 (72.9) |
23.0 (73.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.2 (0.17) |
4.3 (0.17) |
7.4 (0.29) |
44.5 (1.75) |
174.9 (6.89) |
235.1 (9.26) |
160.6 (6.32) |
204.9 (8.07) |
308.0 (12.13) |
285.5 (11.24) |
109.3 (4.30) |
21.0 (0.83) |
1,559.7 (61.42) |
| Average rainy days | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 50.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 248.0 | 227.7 | 256.2 | 254.0 | 268.6 | 262.0 | 268.6 | 264.5 | 250.0 | 252.1 | 240.0 | 245.9 | 3,037.6 |
| Source: Weatherbase.com "Monthly All Weather Averages Ca?as, Costa Rica". weatherbase.com. Retrieved 2015-07-19. | |||||||||||||
| Historical population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1883 | 345 | — | |
| 1892 | 401 | 16.2% | |
| 1927 | 3,500 | 772.8% | |
| 1950 | 5,929 | 69.4% | |
| 1963 | 9,117 | 53.8% | |
| 1973 | 12,779 | 40.2% | |
| 1984 | 17,284 | 35.3% | |
| 2000 | 18,798 | 8.8% | |
| 2011 | 20,816 | 10.7% | |
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] |
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For the 2011 census, Cañas had a population of 20,816 inhabitants.[6]
Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
- "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). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. 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.
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