Tilarán (canton)

Canton in Guanacaste province, Costa Rica

Canton in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

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Tilarán canton

10°29′23″N 84°54′23″W / 10.4896428°N 84.9065083°W / 10.4896428; -84.9065083Country

Costa RicaProvinceGuanacasteCreation21 August 1923^[1]Head cityTilarán Districts

Districts

Tilarán
Quebrada Grande
Tronadora
Santa Rosa
Líbano
Tierras Morenas
Arenal
Cabeceras

Government

• TypeMunicipality • BodyMunicipalidad de TilaránArea

• Total638.39 km² (246.48 sq mi)Elevation

579 m (1,900 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total19,640 • Density31/km² (80/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Canton code508Websitewww.tilaran.go.cr

Tilarán is a canton in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.^[2]^[3] The head city is in Tilarán district.

History

Tilarán was created on 21 August 1923 by decree 170.^[1]

Geography

Tilarán has an area of 638.39 km²^[4] and a mean elevation of 579 metres.^[2]

The canton surrounds Lake Arenal except for the lake's southeast end, which belongs to the province of Alajuela. The northern border is in the Cordillera de Guanacaste, touching the Corobicí River at its northernmost limits. The southern part of the canton is in the Cordillera de Tilarán (mountain range).

Districts

The canton of Tilarán is subdivided into the following districts:

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1927	6,131	—
1950	9,057	47.7%
1963	12,097	33.6%
1973	12,563	3.9%
1984	14,586	16.1%
2000	17,871	22.5%
2011	19,640	9.9%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

For the 2011 census, Tilarán had a population of 19,640 inhabitants.^[7]

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 142
National Route 143
National Route 145
National Route 606
National Route 619
National Route 734
National Route 925
National Route 926
National Route 927
National Route 936

Notable people

Leonidas Flores - Retired footballer
Carlos Palacios Herrera - Professional cyclist
Luis Esteban Herrera - Pianist
Doris Murillo Boniche - Local artist. Retired art professor.
Danadith Tayals - Poet
Mark List - Driver on the Monster Jam circuit

References

^ ^a ^b Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN 9977-64-243-5. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Declara oficial para efectos administrativos, la aprobación de la División Territorial Administrativa de la República N°41548-MGP". Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.
^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
^ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
^ "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.