Puriscal

Puriscal is the 4th canton in the province of , . The head city of the canton is .
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  • Type: canton of Costa Rica with 33,000 residents
  • Description: canton in San José province, Costa Rica
  • Also known as: Cantón Puriscal” and “Puriscal Canton

Places of Interest

Highlights include La Cangreja National Park.

is a good sized park that provides critical bird habitat in the of . It is a mountainous area with forests and rain forest and is a good place for hiking and birdwatching.

Puriscal

Latitude
9.7267° or 9° 43′ 36″ north
Longitude
-84.404° or 84° 24′ 14″ west
Population
33,000
Elevation
479 metres (1,572 feet)
Open location code
66XQPHGW+MC
Geo­Names ID
3622220
Wiki­data ID
Q196298
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Puriscal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بوريسكال، كوستاريكا
  • Arabic: بوريسكال
  • Asturian: cantón de Puriscal
  • Asturian: Puriscal
  • Cebuano: Cantón de Puriscal
  • Chinese: Puriscal Kūn
  • Chinese: 普里斯卡爾縣
  • Dutch: Puriscal
  • French: Puriscal
  • Italian: cantone di Puriscal
  • Italian: Cantone di Puriscal
  • Min Nan Chinese: Puriscal Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Puriscal
  • Norwegian: Puriscal
  • Russian: Пурискаль
  • Spanish: Cantón de Puriscal
  • Spanish: Puriscal
  • Swedish: Cantón de Puriscal
  • Vietnamese: Puriscal

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