Liberia is a canton in the Guanacaste province of

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. The head city is in

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

district.

History

Liberia was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167.

Geography

Liberia has an area of km² and a mean elevation of metres. Prominent geologic features of Liberia include Cerro Cacao (Cacao Mountain) and

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. The latter is the center of the

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. The canton also includes the most visited portion of

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on its northwest border. The Río Salto delineates the southwestern border as far as the

Tempisque River The Tempisque River, or Río Tempisque, is long, located entirely in Costa Rica flowing from the Guanacaste Cordillera near the Orosí Volcano and emptying into the Gulf of Nicoya. It passes through the Palo Verde National Park and is an impor ...

, and the Tempisque forms the border on the southeast as far as the Bahía Naranjo (Orange Bay).

Districts

The canton of Liberia is subdivided into the following

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# Cañas Dulces # Mayorga # Nacascolo # Curubandé

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Liberia had a population of inhabitants. Besides hosting the provincial capital, Liberia Canton is the most populous of Guanacaste's nine cantons.

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

Airports

Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport Guanacaste Airport, known before as Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional Daniel Oduber Quirós) , and also known as Liberia International Airport, is one of four international airports in Costa Rica. It is w ...

is located in this canton.

References

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