Liberia, Costa Rica
district in Liberia canton, and city of Guanacaste province, Costa Rica
Liberia is the capital and largest city of Guanacaste province in Costa Rica. The city is 215 kilometres (134 mi) northwest of the national capital, San José. Liberia is often called "la ciudad blanca" (the white city) by its residents because of the white gravel once used to make the city’s roads and the whitewashed colonial houses that once made up a large part of the city.[1]
Liberia | |
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  Liberia | |
| Coordinates: 10°38′N 85°26′W / 10.633°N 85.433°W | |
| Country | Costa Rica |
| Province | Guanacaste |
| Canton | Liberia |
| Founded | 1836 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,456.57 km2 (562.38 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 144 m (472 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 62,995 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Liberiano |
| Time zone | +6 |
| Postal code | 50101 |
Climate change
| Climate data for Liberia, Costa Rica | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 33.4 (92.1) |
34.4 (93.9) |
35.4 (95.7) |
35.9 (96.6) |
33.9 (93.0) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32.5 (90.5) |
33.0 (91.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 20.7 (69.3) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.6 (70.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.4 (0.06) |
1.8 (0.07) |
4.2 (0.17) |
22.6 (0.89) |
196.4 (7.73) |
247.9 (9.76) |
160.2 (6.31) |
211.3 (8.32) |
363.5 (14.31) |
335.6 (13.21) |
104.8 (4.13) |
11.3 (0.44) |
1,661 (65.4) |
| Average precipitation days | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 12.0 | 16.7 | 13.2 | 14.7 | 19.9 | 18.2 | 9.2 | 3.1 | 110.5 |
| Source: Instituto Meteorologico Nacional[2]World Meteorological Organization (precipitation data)[3] | |||||||||||||
References change
- ↑ Periódico Mensaje: Heraldo de la Región Chorotega “Liberia Celebró sus 242 Años de Origen.” September- October 2011. Edición 290.
- ↑ "Datos Climaticos - Liberia" (in Spanish). Instituto Meteorologico Nacional. Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
- ↑ "World Weather Information Service - Liberia". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
