Tilarán is the eighth canton

Cantons of Costa Rica

This is a list of the cantons of Costa Rica.Cantons are the second-level administrative division of Costa Rica. The country's seven provinces are subdivided into 81 cantons , and these are further subdivided into districts .A unique feature of the cantons is that they are the only administrative...

 in the province of Guanacaste

Guanacaste Province

Guanacaste is a province of Costa Rica located in the northwestern part of the country, along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. To the north it borders Nicaragua. To the east is the Alajuela Province, and to the southeast is the Puntarenas Province. It is the most sparsely populated of all the...

 in Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

. The canton covers an area of 638.39 km², and has a population of 19,045. Its capital city is also called Tilarán

Tilarán

Tilarán is a small town in the Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. It is the seat of the Tilarán Canton located in the hills overlooking the west shore of Lake Arenal...

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The canton surrounds Lake Arenal

Lake Arenal

Lake Arenal is an artificial lake in Costa Rica, located in the northern highlands of the country. It was enlarged to its present size as a part of a 1979 hydroelectric project by the Costa Rican government to provide electricity to the country.- Geography :...

 (Laguna de Arenal) except for the lake's southeast end, which belongs to the province of Alajuela

Alajuela Province

Alajuela is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the north-central part of the country, bordering Nicaragua to the north, and clockwise the provinces Heredia, San José, Puntarenas and Guanacaste...

. The northern border is in the Cordillera de Guanacaste

Cordillera de Guanacaste

The Cordillera de Guanacaste, also called Guanacaste Cordillera, are a volcanic mountain range in northern Costa Rica near the border with Nicaragua. The mountain range stretches 110 km from northwest to the southeast and contains mostly complex stratovolcanoes...

, touching the Río Corobicí at its northernmost limits. The south part of the canton is in the Cordillera de Tilarán.

Districts

The canton of Tilarán is subdivided into seven districts

Districts of Costa Rica

| The cantons of Costa Rica are subdivided into 473 districts .-References:...

 (distritos):

District	Postal code	Alt. (m)	Area (km2)	Pop. (2008)	Coordinates	Capital
Tilarán	50801	564	138.78		10°28′18"N 84°58′09"W
	Barrios: Cabra, Carmen, Juan XXIII, Lomalinda
	Poblados: Cuatro Esquinas, Chiripa, Piamonte, Río Chiquito, San Luis, Tejona, Tres Esquinas
Quebrada Grande	50802	725	76.02		10°25′57"N 84°56′51"W
	Poblados: Barrionuevo, Cabeceras de Cañas, Campos de Oro, Dos de Tilarán, Esperanza, Florida, Monte Olivos, Nubes, San Miguel, Turín (part), Vueltas
Tronadora (Nuevo Tronadora)	50803	600	122.27		10°30′12"N 84°55′30"W
	Poblados: Arenal Viejo, Colonia Menonita, Río Chiquito Abajo, Silencio
Santa Rosa Santa Rosa District Santa Rosa is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. Officially established as a district on February 6, 1962, the current mayor of Santa Rosa is Luis García Villacorta. The district's postal code is 38.-Geography:...	50804	432	71.11		10°29′30"N 85°01′20"W	Ángeles
	Poblados: Aguilares, Campos Azules, Montes de Oro (part), Naranjos Agrios, Palma, Quebrada Azul, Ranchitos, Santa Rosa
Líbano	50805	280	71.23		10°25′05"N 84°59′14"W
	Poblados: Alto Cartago, Maravilla, San José, Solania
Tierras Morenas	50806	685	83.46		10°34′21"N 85°01′40"W
	Poblados: Aguacate, Aguas Gatas (part), Bajo Paires, Guadalajara, Montes de Oro (part), Paraíso (part), Río Piedras, Sabalito
Arenal (Nuevo Arenal)	50807	620	75.52		10°32′49"N 84°53′58"W
	Poblados: Mata de Caña, Sangregado, San Antonio, Unión