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Liberia ( Spanish pronunciation: [li.ˈβe.ɾja]) is a district and the largest city in the Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica, located 215 kilometres (134 mi) northwest of the national capital, San José. [1] [2] Part of the Liberia canton, it is a major center for the country's tourism industry. Liberia has been nicknamed la ciudad blanca (the ...
Costa Rica's population, (1961-2003). In 2021, Costa Rica had a population of 5,153,957. The population is increasing at a rate of 1.5% per year. At current trends the population will increase to 9,158,000 in about 46 years. [17] The population density is 94 people per square km, the third highest in Central America.
According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [3] [4], Liberia's total population was 5,193,416 in 2021. This is compared to 911,000 in 1950. [5] 43.5% of Liberians were below the age of 15 in 2010. [5] 53.7% were between 15 and 65 years of age, while 2.8% were 65 years or older. [5]
INEC ran its first census in 1864, and the latest was the 10th population and the 6th dwellings census, held in June 2011. Censuses in Costa Rica. 1864. First Population Census. 1883. Second Population Census. 1892. Third Population Census. 1927. Fourth Population Census. 1950. Fifth Population Census. 1963. Sixth Population Census. 1973.
Liberia has an area of 1,436.47 km 2 [4] and a mean elevation of 193 metres. [2] Prominent geologic features of Liberia include Cerro Cacao (Cacao Mountain) and Rincón de la Vieja. The latter is the center of the Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park. The canton also includes the most visited portion of Santa Rosa National Park on its ...
The population of Liberia was 1,016,443 in 1962 and increased to 1,503,368 in 1974. As of 2006 [update] , Liberia had the highest population growth rate in the world (4.50% per annum). [176] In 2010 some 43.5% of Liberians were below the age of 15.
Nicoya. / 10.1061593; -85.486153. Nicoya is a district and head city of the Nicoya canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica, located on the Nicoya Peninsula. [2] [3] It is one of the country's most important tourist zones; it serves as a transport hub to Guanacaste's beaches and national parks .
Because of the agglomeration of population, the valley is the center of commerce, industry and service activities, sustained by ports on both coasts, and by Liberia in Guanacaste (which has the other international airport besides Juan Santamaría Airport in Alajuela) that have similar economic movement.