Cañas Dulces District
Cañas Dulces is a district in the canton of Liberia, Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica.[1]
Cañas Dulces | |
|---|---|
Village and District | |
  Cañas Dulces Location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 10°44′00″N 85°29′00″W | |
| Country | Costa Rica |
| Province | Guanacaste |
| Canton | Liberia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 243.87 km2 (94.16 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 3,491 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (37/sq mi) |
The administrative center of Cañas Dulces District is the village of Cañas Dulces.[1] The district has a population of about 3500 people.[1][2] Cañas Dulces is near Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park and the Rincón de la Vieja Volcano.[3][4][5][6]
Wildlife in Cañas Dulces includes monkeys such as the mantled howler,[7] as well as the white-headed capuchin and Geoffroy's spider monkey, and birds such as the keel-billed toucan.
References
- "Cañas Dulces". Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
- Estadísticas Vitales 2013 - INEC
- Siebert, L.; Simkin, T.; Kimberly, P. (2010). Volcanoes of the World (3rd ed.). University of California Press. p. 387. ISBN 9780520268777.
- Chavarría-Aguilar, O.L.; Alvaro Induni, G.E. (2005). Costa Rica: Land of Volcanoes (2nd ed.). EUNED. pp. 79–80. ISBN 9789968313667.
- Kelly, S.M., ed. (2005). Fodor's Costa Rica 2006. Random House. p. 165. ISBN 9781400015511.
- Reid, R. (2004). Lonely Planet: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Southern Mexico, Panama (5th ed.). Lonely Planet. p. 596. ISBN 9781741040296.
- Wolfheim, J.H. (1983). Primates Of The World: Distribution, Abundance And Conservation. Psychology Press. p. 222. ISBN 9783718601905.
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