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Cartago

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About Cartago

Cartago is the third biggest town in Costa Rica, approximately 25 km east of the capital, San José. It is at an elevation of about 1435 m above sea level, at the bottom of the Irazu Volcano. Cartago is the capital of Cartago province, and become the capital of Costa Rica from 1574 to 1824. The city covers a place of 152,68 km².

It consists of the districts of town downtown: Oriental, Occidental called the typical downtown area, San Nicolas the principle front to the city, at west, El Carmen, Dulce Nombre, San Francisco at south, San Francisco is known typically as Aguacaliente, and Guadalupe. The metropolis is part, with the cities of San Rafael de Oreamuno and Tejar del Guarco, of a continuous urban place that, in 2008, had a populace of 156,600 population, in line with the Statistics and Census Institute of Costa Rica. Founded in 1563 by using Juan Vasquez de Coronado, it became the primary a hit established order in Costa Rica. The city became granted a coat of palms via King Philip II of Spain in 1565, and the identify of Muy Noble y Muy Leal Very Noble and Very Loyal by means of the Cortes in 1814.

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