Country Costa Rica Elevation 564 m (1,850 ft) Area 638.4 km² Population 20,708 (Jun 2013) Province Guanacaste Province | Canton Tilarán Postal code 50801 Founded 21 August 1923 Capital Tilarán | |
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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. The district has a population of around 2,500 people.
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Map of Guanacaste Province, Tilaran, Costa Rica
It is connected by road to El Silencio, and via the 142 road down through the Cordillera de Tilarán hills to Tejona. 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.
The main religion is Roman Catholicism and the town lies at the center of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tilarán.
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Tilarán Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA