San Gabriel
San Gabriel is a neighborhood in Calle Blancos, Goicoechea, San José Province and has an elevation of 1,138 metres. San Gabriel is situated nearby to the neighborhood La Conejera, as well as near Bajo Piuses.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Costa Rican Center of Science and Culture and Museo de los Niños.
Costa Rican Center of Science and Culture
Museum
Photo: Antonio.solera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Centro Costarricense de la Ciencia y la Cultura is a science and culture museum complex in Costa Rica. Located in a fortress-like building that once served as the central penitentiary between 1910 and 1979, the center was inaugurated in 1994.
Museo de los Niños
Museum
The Centro Costarricense de la Ciencia y la Cultura is a science and culture museum complex in Costa Rica. Located in a fortress-like building that once served as the central penitentiary between 1910 and 1979, the center was inaugurated in 1994.
Biblioteca Nacional "Miguel Obregón Lizano"
Library
La Biblioteca Nacional "Miguel Obregón Lizano", also known as the Biblioteca Nacional de Costa Rica is the national library of Costa Rica in San José. It is tasked with curating the cultural heritage of Costa Rica and maintains three copies of every book ever published in the country in addition to other works.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Merced and Carmen.
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.
Carmen
Village
Carmen is the first distrito of San José Canton in Costa Rica, and one of the four administrative units that form San José downtown. This district is not heavily populated although it is a busy downtown area in daytime.
Catedral
Village
Catedral 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.
San Gabriel
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Calle Blancos, Goicoechea, San José Province, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
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Latitude
9.94742° or 9° 56′ 51″ northLongitude
-84.07696° or 84° 4′ 37″ westElevation
1,138 metres (3,734 feet)Open location code
66XQWWWF+X6OpenStreetMap ID
node 6620755308OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
3621897
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In Other Languages
“San Gabriel” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “San Gabriel”
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