Liberia (canton)

Liberia
Canton
Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport
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Liberia canton
Liberia Liberia canton location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.6916272°N 85.4956835°W / 10.6916272; -85.4956835
Country	Costa Rica
Province	Guanacaste
Creation	7 December 1848[1]
Head city	Liberia
Districts	Districts Liberia Cañas Dulces Mayorga Nacascolo Curubandé
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Municipalidad de Liberia
Area
• Total	1,436.47 km^2 (554.62 sq mi)
Elevation	193 m (633 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	62,987
• Density	44/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−06:00
Canton code	501
Website	www.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

Map of Liberia canton

Liberia has an area of 1,436.47 km^2[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:

1. Liberia
2. Cañas Dulces
3. Mayorga
4. Nacascolo
5. Curubandé

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1864	3,169	—
1883	4,744	+2.15%
1892	5,883	+2.42%
1927	7,322	+0.63%
1950	10,246	+1.47%
1963	18,030	+4.44%
1973	21,781	+1.91%
1984	28,067	+2.33%
2000	46,703	+3.23%
2011	62,987	+2.76%
2022	80,130	+2.21%
Source: 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

1. 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.
2. "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.
3. 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.
4. "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
5. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
6. Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
7. "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.