Cañas District
Cañas District is a district and village in the canton of Cañas, Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica.[1]
Cañas | |
|---|---|
District and town | |
  Cañas Location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 10°25′39″N 85°08′36″W | |
| 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 |
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) |
32.4 (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) |
| 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) |
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. | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- "Cañas". Retrieved 2015-03-21.
- Estadísticas Vitales 2013 - INEC
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