Tilarán (canton)

Coordinates: 10°29′23″N 84°54′23″W / 10.4896428°N 84.9065083°W / 10.4896428; -84.9065083
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Tilarán
Canton
Tilaran wind power industry.
Tilaran wind power industry.
Tilarán
Districts
Districts
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodyMunicipalidad de Tilarán
Area
 • Total638.39 km2 (246.48 sq mi)
Elevation
579 m (1,900 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total19,640
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Canton code508
Websitewww.tilaran.go.cr

Tilarán is a

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

Cordillera de Tilarán
(mountain range).

Districts

The canton of Tilarán is subdivided into the following districts:

  1. Tilarán
  2. Quebrada Grande
  3. Tronadora
  4. Santa Rosa
  5. Líbano
  6. Tierras Morenas
  7. Arenal
  8. Cabeceras

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
2011
19,6409.9%

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:

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

  1. ^
    ISBN 9977-64-243-5
    . Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5
    .
  4. ^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  6. ^ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
  7. ^ "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.


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