Cañas is a

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of the

Cañas Canas or Cañas may refer to: Places * Canas (Lycia), a town of ancient Lycia, now in Turkey * Amatlán de Cañas, a municipality in Nayarit, Mexico * Cañas Canton, in Guanacaste province, Costa Rica * Cañas, Costa Rica, capital of the Caña ...

canton, in the Guanacaste province of

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Geography

Cañas has an area of km² and an elevation of 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

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Cañas had a population of inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes: * CR RNP 1

National Route 1 * CR RNP 6

National Route 6 * CR RNS 142

National Route 142 * CR RNT 923

National Route 923 * CR RNT 925

National Route 925

References

{{CostaRica-geo-stub Districts of Guanacaste Province Populated places in Guanacaste Province