San Carlos

San Carlos is a canton in the province of , with an estimated population of 198,742 as of 2022. It ranks as the fourth-most populous canton in the country and is the 1st largest by area.
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  • Type: canton of Costa Rica with 164,000 residents
  • Description: canton in Alajuela province, Costa Rica
  • Also known as: Cantón San Carlos” and “San Carlos Canton

San Carlos

Latitude
10.5865° or 10° 35′ 12″ north
Longitude
-84.402° or 84° 24′ 7″ west
Population
164,000
Elevation
99 metres (325 feet)
Open location code
762QHHPX+J6
Geo­Names ID
3621940
Wiki­data ID
Q931244
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“San Carlos” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سان كارلوس
  • Armenian: Սան Կարլոս
  • Asturian: cantón de San Carlos
  • Asturian: San Carlos
  • Belarusian: Сан-Карляс
  • Cebuano: Cantón de San Carlos
  • Chinese: San Carlos Kūn
  • Chinese: 聖卡洛斯縣
  • Dutch: San Carlos
  • French: San Carlos
  • Italian: cantone di San Carlos
  • Italian: Cantone di San Carlos
  • Japanese: サンカルロス県
  • Min Nan Chinese: San Carlos Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: San Carlos
  • Norwegian: San Carlos
  • Polish: San Carlos
  • Portuguese: San Carlos
  • Russian: Сан-Карлос
  • Spanish: Cantón de San Carlos
  • Spanish: San Carlos
  • Swedish: Cantón de San Carlos
  • Ukrainian: Сан-Карлос
  • Vietnamese: San Carlos

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