Uruca
Uruca is the seventh district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. It is an important industrial and commercial area of San José.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 31,700 residents
- Description: district in San José canton, San José province, Costa Rica
- Also known as: “Uruca de San José”
- Postal code: 10107
Places of Interest
Highlights include Costa Rica National Stadium and Costa Rican Museum of Art.
Costa Rica National Stadium
Stadium
Photo: MadriCR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Costa Rica National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in La Sabana Metropolitan Park, San José, Costa Rica. It was the first modern sporting and events arena to be built in Central America.
Costa Rican Museum of Art
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Costa Rican Museum of Art is an art museum in San José, Costa Rica. It opened in 1978 and holds a collection of over 6000 artworks.
La Sabana Metropolitan Park
Park
La Sabana Metropolitan Park is located in downtown San José, Costa Rica. It is the country's largest and most significant urban park. La Sabana is considered "the lungs of San José" by Costa Ricans.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Juan District, Tibás and Hospital.
San Juan District, Tibás
Town
San Juan is a district of the Tibás canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.
Hospital
Village
Hospital is a district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. It is one of the four administrative units that form San José downtown properly. Hospital is situated 2½ km southeast of Uruca.
Merced
Village
Merced is a district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. It is one of the four administrative units that form San José downtown properly. Merced is situated 2½ km southeast of Uruca.
Uruca
- Categories: district of Costa Rica and locality
- Location: Vuelta de Jorco, Aserrí, San José Province, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
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Latitude
9.95065° or 9° 57′ 2″ northLongitude
-84.10008° or 84° 6′ 0″ westPopulation
31,700Elevation
1,325 metres (4,347 feet)Open location code
66XQXV2X+7XOpenStreetMap ID
node 273104979OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3621144Wikidata ID
Q1751679
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“Uruca” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “distritu de Uruca”
- Asturian: “Uruca”
- Chinese: “拉烏魯卡區”
- Dutch: “Uruca District, San José”
- Italian: “Uruca”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “La Uruca”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Uruca”
- Norwegian: “Uruca”
- Polish: “Uruca”
- Spanish: “La Uruca”
- Spanish: “Uruca de San José”
- Spanish: “Uruca”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Uruca”. Photo: Andy Rusch, CC BY 2.0.