Cañas District facts for kids
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Cañas
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District
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 Cañas
Location in Costa Rica
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| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | Guanacaste |
| Canton | Cañas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 193.83 km2 (74.84 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 86 m (282 ft) |
| Population
(2011)
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| • Total | 20,816 |
| • Density | 107.393/km2 (278.147/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 |
| Postal code |
50601
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Cañas is a district of the Cañas canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.
Geography
Cañas has an area of 193.83 km2 and an elevation of 86 metres.
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 | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| 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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For the 2011 census, Cañas had a population of 20,816 inhabitants.
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
