Liberia Canton

Liberia is a canton in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. The head city is in Liberia district. History Liberia was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167. Geography Liberia has an area of km2 and a mean elevation of metres. 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 northwest border. The Río Salto delineates the southwestern border as far as the Tempisque River, and the Tempisque forms the border on the southeast as far as the Bahía Naranjo (Orange Bay).