Liberia
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Place details
- Locality
- Liberia
- Region
- Guanacaste Province
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Population
- 45,380
- Timezone
- America/Costa_Rica
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Province
- Guanacaste
- Canton
- Liberia
- Total
- 561.57 km (216.82 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 144 m (472 ft)
- Density
- 95.058/km (246.20/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Liberiano
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Inception
- 4 September 1769
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Costa Rica
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Located in
- Liberia Canton
- Population
- +65922
- Area
- +563.02
- Elevation
- +144
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Capital of
- Liberia Canton
- Image
- Iglesia Inmaculada Concepcion de Maria, Liberia, Costa Rica.JPG
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- P1889
- Liberia
Article
Liberia ( Spanish pronunciation: [li.ˈβe.ɾja]) is a district and the largest city in the Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica, 215 kilometres (134 mi) northwest of the national capital, San José. Part of the Liberia canton, it is a major center of the country's tourism industry.
Liberia has been nicknamed la ciudad blanca (the white city) due to the white gravel that was once used to make the city's roads and the whitewashed colonial houses that used to make up a large part of the city.