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Cañas

Guanacaste Province · Costa Rica
City population
20,306
#28
in Costa Rica
#2
in Guanacaste Province
#25,029
worldwide
San JoséCañas
10.431, -85.098 · 124 km from San José
City population
20,306
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Costa Rica
#28
of 35 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#25,029
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Costa Rica
0.4%
of the national population

About Cañas

Cañas is a city in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica with a population of 20,306. It is the 28th largest of the 35 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Costa Rica, and the 25,029th largest worldwide. It lies 124 km from San José.

Position in Costa Rica
#28of 35
LargestSmallest
Position in Guanacaste Province
#2of 3
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Region
Guanacaste Province
Rank in region
#2of 3
Distance to capital
to San José
Elevation
86 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Costa_Rica
Coordinates
10.431, -85.098
Record updated
2016-09-07
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 35 in Costa Rica

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

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