Cañas District

Cañas

District and town

Cañas

Location in Costa Rica

Coordinates: 10°25′39″N 85°08′36″W / 10.42750°N 85.14333°W / 10.42750; -85.14333
Country Costa Rica
Province Guanacaste
Canton Cañas
Area
  Total 193.22 km2 (74.60 sq mi)
Elevation 86 m (282 ft)
Population (2013)
  Total 23,729
  Density 120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Postal code 50601

Cañas District is a district and village in the canton of Cañas, Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica.[1]

The district has a population of about 23,800 people.[2]

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.[1]

Climate

Climate data for Cañas, Costa Rica
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °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)
32.39
(90.29)
Daily mean °C (°F) 27.1
(80.8)
27.8
(82)
28.5
(83.3)
29.2
(84.6)
28.6
(83.5)
27.8
(82)
27.4
(81.3)
27.6
(81.7)
27.1
(80.8)
27.0
(80.6)
26.9
(80.4)
27.1
(80.8)
27.68
(81.82)
Average low °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)
22.96
(73.33)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4.2
(0.165)
4.3
(0.169)
7.4
(0.291)
44.5
(1.752)
174.9
(6.886)
235.1
(9.256)
160.6
(6.323)
204.9
(8.067)
308.0
(12.126)
285.5
(11.24)
109.3
(4.303)
21.0
(0.827)
1,559.7
(61.405)
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. 

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Cañas". Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  2. Estadísticas Vitales 2013 - INEC
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