Tilarán

Town and district in Tilarán canton, Costa Rica

Town and district in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

10°28′15″N 84°58′03″W / 10.470932°N 84.967445°W / 10.470932; -84.967445Country

Costa RicaProvinceGuanacasteCantonTilaránArea

• Total139.43 km² (53.83 sq mi)Elevation

564 m (1,850 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total8,677 • Density62/km² (160/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Postal code

50801

Tilarán is a small town and a district in Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica. It is the seat of the Tilarán Canton located in the hills overlooking the west shore of Lake Arenal. It is connected by road to El Silencio, and by the 142 road down through the Cordillera de Tilarán hills to Tejona.^[1] The area between Tilaran and Tejona is one of the most important wind farms in Costa Rica and turbines are prominent on the landscape. Animal husbandry also forms an important part of the local economy.^[2]^[3]

Geography

Tilarán has an area of 139.43 km²^[4] and an elevation of 564 metres.^[2]

Locations

Barrios: Cabra, Carmen, Juan XXIII, Lomalinda
Poblados: Cuatro Esquinas, Chiripa, Piamonte, Río Chiquito, San Luis, Tejona, Tres Esquinas

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1927	1,239	—
1950	1,922	55.1%
1963	3,426	78.3%
1973	4,601	34.3%
1984	5,926	28.8%
2000	7,706	30.0%
2011	8,677	12.6%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[5] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[6]

For the 2011 census, Tilarán had a population of 8,677 inhabitants.^[7] The main religion is Roman Catholicism and the town lies at the center of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tilarán.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

National Route 142
National Route 145
National Route 925
National Route 926

It is connected by road to El Silencio, and via the 142 road down through the Cordillera de Tilarán hills to Tejona.^[8]

Economy

The area between Tilaran and Tejona is one of the most important wind farms in Costa Rica and turbines are prominent on the landscape. Animal husbandry also forms an important part of the local economy.

Notable people

Doris Murillo Boniche – Local artist, retired art professor.
Leonidas Flores – retired footballer
Carlos Palacios Herrera – Professional cyclist
Luis Esteban Herrera – Pianist
Mark List – Driver on the Monster Jam circuit
Danadith Tayals – Poet
Manuel Vargas – Sculptor^[9]

References

^ Baker, C.P. (2005). Costa Rica. Dorling Kindersley Eye Witness Travel Guides. p. 150.
^ ^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.
^ División Territorial Administrativa de la República de Costa Rica (PDF) (in Spanish). Editorial Digital de la Imprenta Nacional. 8 March 2017. ISBN 978-9977-58-477-5.
^ "Área en kilómetros cuadrados, según provincia, cantón y distrito administrativo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
^ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
^ "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.
^ Baker, C.P. (2005). Costa Rica. Dorling Kindersley Eye Witness Travel Guides. p. 150.
^ Escultura Manuel Vargas Unversidad de Costa Rica, 2014.