Paraíso

Paraíso is a canton in the province of . The head city is in Paraíso district. Paraíso has an elevation of 1,870 metres.
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  • Type: canton of Costa Rica with 57,700 residents
  • Description: canton in Cartago province, Costa Rica
  • Also known as: Paraiso” and “Paraíso Canton

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tapantí National Park.

is a large protected tropical rainforest in the mountains of 's . It is a magnet for eco-tourism, providing habitat for more than 400 species of birds, almost 50 mammal species.

Paraíso

Latitude
9.75° or 9° 45′ north
Longitude
-83.8° or 83° 48′ west
Population
57,700
Elevation
1,870 metres (6,135 feet)
Open location code
66XRQ622+22
Geo­Names ID
3622543
Wiki­data ID
Q2618877
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Paraíso” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بارايسو
  • Asturian: cantón de Paraíso
  • Asturian: Paraíso
  • Cebuano: Cantón de Paraíso
  • Chinese: Paraíso Kūn
  • Chinese: 帕拉伊索縣
  • Dutch: Paraíso
  • French: Paraíso
  • German: Paraíso
  • Italian: cantone di Paraíso
  • Italian: Cantone di Paraíso
  • Min Nan Chinese: Paraíso Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Paraíso
  • Norwegian: Paraíso
  • Portuguese: Paraíso
  • Russian: Параисо
  • Spanish: Cantón de Paraíso
  • Spanish: Paraíso
  • Swedish: Cantón de Paraíso
  • Vietnamese: Paraíso

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About Mapcarta. 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 “Paraíso”. Photo: Henry Zbyszynski, CC BY 2.0.