Cañas District

Cañas is a district of the Cañas canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.^[1][2]

Cañas
District
Cañas district
Cañas Cañas district location in Costa Rica
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

Geography

Cañas has an area of 193.83 km^2[3] and an elevation of 86 metres.^[1]

Villages

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

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.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	±% p.a.
1883	345	—
1892	401	+1.69%
1927	3,500	+6.39%
1950	5,929	+2.32%
1963	9,117	+3.37%
1973	12,779	+3.43%
1984	17,284	+2.78%
2000	18,798	+0.53%
2011	20,816	+0.93%
2022	23,624	+1.16%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[4] Centro Centroamericano de Población[5]

For the 2011 census, Cañas had a population of 20,816 inhabitants.^[6]

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

• National Route 1
• National Route 6
• National Route 142
• National Route 923
• National Route 925

References

1. "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.
2. 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.
3. "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.
4. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
5. Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
6. "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.