Liberia
Liberia is the capital city of the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. It is located about 220 km Northwest San Jose. After Mexico's War of Independence from Spain, the settlement of Guanacaste, as Liberia was known then, transitioned from being a town in the Partido de Nicoya of the Federal Republic of Central America to being part of Nicaragua and then Costa Rica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Liberia
- Type: Locality with 53,400 residents
- Location: Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
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Latitude
10.5866° or 10° 35′ 12″ northLongitude
-85.4504° or 85° 27′ 2″ westPopulation
53,400Elevation
132 metres (433 feet)Open location code
762PHGPX+JRGeoNames ID
11239647
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