Cañas (canton)

Cañas is a canton in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. The head city is in Cañas district.

History
Cañas was created on 12 July 1878 by decree 22.

Geography
Cañas has an area of 682.2 km² and a mean elevation of 86 metres. The elongated canton touches the Tempisque River in the southwest. It keeps the Bebedero River and Tenorio River on its western boundary as it widens to encompass agricultural lowlands before climbing into the Cordillera de Guanacaste up to the Tenorio Volcano.

Districts
The canton of Cañas is subdivided into the following districts:
 * 1) Cañas
 * 2) Palmira
 * 3) San Miguel
 * 4) Bebedero
 * 5) Porozal

Demographics
For the 2011 census, Cañas had a population of 26,201 inhabitants.

Road transportation
The canton is covered by the following road routes: • CR RNP 1.svg National Route 1

• CR RNP 6.svg National Route 6

• CR RNP 18.svg National Route 18

• CR RNS 142.svg National Route 142

• CR RNT 923.svg National Route 923

• CR RNT 925.svg National Route 925

• CR RNT 927.svg National Route 927

• CR RNT 930.svg National Route 930